Thomas Hobbes' concept of sovereignty and its relevance for Thailand and ASEAN
Thomas Hobbes' concept of sovereignty and its relevance for Thailand and ASEAN
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2017
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Assumption University Press
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Prajna Vihara: The Journal of Philosophy and Religion 18, 2 (July-December 2017), 47-63
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The paper’s objective is to analyze the concept of sovereignty
in political philosophy with special reference to Thomas
Hobbes for the purpose of understanding the changes facing
Thai sovereignty from the origin of the modern state to the
present time. Especially relevant is Hobbes’ distinction
between internal and external sovereignty. Internal
sovereignty can be used to understand the factionalism in
Thai society resulting to the escalation of tensions since 2005.
For the security of state, the Thai military staged a coup and
has taken absolute power since 2014. External sovereignty
can be used to understand the relation of the Thai state
and the power of the ASEAN Community. This can itself
be understood as a social contract for the maintenance of
security the in the same manner that Hobbes describes in
state formation. This phenomenon results from the changing
international system under globalization.
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