State and education in Hobbes and Rosanvallon: a comparative analysis

Abstract

This article aims to promote a theoretical discussion about the conceptions of the State and its possible relations with education based on the studies of Hobbes and Rosanvallon. For this, it presents a brief historicization of the two authors and discusses with a comparative analysis of their works from the perspective of presenting oppositions and approximations between their concepts. It concludes that both authors, exponents in their trajectories, contribute to the understanding of the formation and organization of the State, Hobbes defending the protective State and Rosanvallon emphasizing the crisis and possibilities of overcoming the Welfare State.