A story of ethics - how sex creates order

Scholarly Paper aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 2.0 (B), Veranstaltung: Comparative Political Thought: East and West, 8 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: In this essay I will try to draw an analogy to the State of Nature as it is mentioned by Hobbes, stating that the driving forces of sexuality lead to a dilemma situation similar to the one Hobbes describes. I will also argue that the emerging anarchic order calls for a different mode to legitimate authority. Finally an examination of different cultural and ideological approaches towards gender and family should help to answer the question: who rules why? It's a snapshot of interfaces between psychological, sub-cultural and cultural premises, available to be exploited for political reason.