📚 1 Books mentioned in "John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401" of Lex Fridman Podcast
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Episode: John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3 | Lex Fridman Podcast #401
Published on November 17, 2023
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Leviathan
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Hobbes's view is that the way to get out of this terrible situation, where individuals are competing with each other and even killing each other, is to create a state, which he calls the Leviathan. That is, of course, the title of his famous book.
John Mearsheimer discusses Thomas Hobbes's perspective on resolving competition and conflict through the establishment of a state, referencing Leviathan as the title of Hobbes's renowned work, while exploring the concepts of anarchy and hierarchy in international relations.