The "market" and the "forum" in Hobbes's political philosophy *.

From: Polity | Date: April 1, 2006| Author: Ron, Amit | Copyright information

Introduction

In a recent overview, Jon Elster organizes main trends in contemporary political philosophy according to the institution that they take as a model--the "market" or the "forum." (1) Theories that take the market as a model treat politics as an instrumental process in which individuals with given preferences negotiate their social interactions. Those that take the forum as a model see politics as a process of deliberation in which identities, interests, and b...

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