Never been near to China. I read some Hobbes. Thinking about sovereignty helps me referee futball matches. On the one hand in terms of foul selection and its change during the course of a match, on the other hand the abstraction of a Leviathan with six eyes, two flags and a whistle is a useful theme for the crew pregame regarding roles, responsibilities and expectations.
That Hobbes underpins pretty much any political discussion in the Anglophone world even if not explicitly acknowledged is just a bonus, and I use the terms in the sense of "is" not "ought".
That the Hobbesian model maps onto the political traditions of the Middle Kingdom and futball with little friction suggests the pervasiveness and universality of little '\p` politics.
That Hobbes underpins pretty much any political discussion in the Anglophone world even if not explicitly acknowledged is just a bonus, and I use the terms in the sense of "is" not "ought".
That the Hobbesian model maps onto the political traditions of the Middle Kingdom and futball with little friction suggests the pervasiveness and universality of little '\p` politics.