OBLIGATION AND THE CITIZEN-SOLDIER: MACHIAVELLIAN VIRTÚ VERSUS HOBBESIAN ORDER

Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes offered conflicting theoretical arguments concerning the social and military value of citizen conscription. Machiavelli found the classic Roman description of the citizen soldier superior in every way to renaissance Italy's reliance on professional mercenar...

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Published in:Journal of political & military sociology 1995-12, Vol.23 (2), p.191-212
Main Author: DOLMAN, EVERETT CARL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANCIENT ROME
Citizenship
Draft (Military)
Hobbes, Thomas
Machiavelli, Niccolo
Military
Military Service
Military sociology
NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
PARTICIPATION
PHILOSOPHY
Political Philosophy
Political sociology
Political Theory
Social Philosophy
Sociology
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Summary:Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes offered conflicting theoretical arguments concerning the social and military value of citizen conscription. Machiavelli found the classic Roman description of the citizen soldier superior in every way to renaissance Italy's reliance on professional mercenaries for routine warfare. Hobbes, believing the passions of citizen armies had provoked the demise of ordered English society, preferred the institution of mercenaries for all but the most dire national circumstances.
ISSN:0047-2697
2642-2190