Niccolò Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes: resistance between desires and movement

Abstract

In this article, we analyze a particular figure of collective action: resistance. Our main argument is that resistance in the works of Niccolò Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes not only describes socio-political conflict, but also expresses the modern democratization of social hierarchies and, as a result, the questioning of the traditional foundations of the political community. In other words, we would like to analyze how their works expose the artificiality of the realm of the unquestioned and unquestionable, as well as the power games that are replicated in this realm that "appears" beyond power.