论霍布斯的代表概念

On Hobbes’Representation

大多数人会关注到霍布斯的个人自由和现代主权,但极少有人关注到沟通二者之间的代表观。霍布斯开创先河地使用代表概念来作为其理论桥梁,以论证保护与服从的国家学说。霍布斯的代表是一种应17世纪英国商业社会来临而极具独创性的理论贡献,为商业社会之下个人自由和现代国家构建了连通的政治基石。作为拥有无限权力的主权意义上的代表,霍布斯的代表概念也很明显和现代代议政治的代表概念不同:作为代表的主权者必须整合作为一盘散沙的民众,以实现共同体的整体利益。

Most people pay attention to Hobbes’personal liberty and modern sovereignty,but very few people pay attention to the representation between the two.Hobbes pioneered the use of representative concepts as its theoretical bridge to demonstrate the national doctrine of protection and obedience.This article believes that Hobbes’representative is a very original theoretical contribution in response to the advent of the British commercial society in the 17th century,and it has established a political cornerstone for the connection between individual freedom under the commercial society and modern countries.As a representative in the sense of sovereignty with unlimited power,Hobbes’concept of representation is also clearly different from that of modern representative politics:the sovereign as a representative must integrate as a deserted people to realize the overall interests of the community.