The New Authoritarianism Tendency and the Problem of Right to Revolution

Abstract

This work is on the problem of new authoritarianism and the right to revolution. The main problem of the work is whether people will be given the right to revolution in the face of the new authoritarianism tendency. Should people be given the right to revolution in the face of this new authoritarian tendency? If people are given the right to revolution, when will this right emerge? We will try to analyze this study, which we have drawn on these questions, through Thomas Hobbes and John Locke. Their description of the state of nature lies at the center of Hobbes' and Locke's reflections on the right to revolution. Hobbes and Locke's thoughts on the state of nature first shaped their ideas on the social contract, then on the state, and finally on the right to revolution. Hobbes described the state of nature as a state of war. In order to get rid of the state of war, people have transferred all their powers to the state. The state, which has all the powers, is exempt from the revolution. Even if the state crosses its borders, it is much better than the state of nature that will emerge with the revolution. Locke emphasizes that the state of nature is peaceful. People have transferred to the state only the power to protect the property and the power to punish. Therefore, the state has limited power. The state, which has limited power, is not exempt from revolution.