THE MODERN VALUE OF THE STATE OF NATURE IN ROUSSEAU’S POLITICAL THOUGHT
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THE MODERN VALUE OF THE STATE OF NATURE IN ROUSSEAU’S POLITICAL THOUGHT
Öz: Rousseau’s early work on political philosophy, Discourse on the Origin ofInequality, seeks to conceptualise the transformation of the savage human of the stateof nature into the rational human of the state of civilisation. The overall narrativeseems to construct a pessimistic narrative of history, demonstrating the inevitabledownfall of humanity from a blissful starting point to a bloodstained, conflict-riddenterminus. In this article, I aim to re-evaluate this negative value of the state of naturein Rousseau. To this end, I emphasise the shift in the role of society as regards freedomin his later political work, On the Social Contract, in which not the egoist savagehuman but the sociable modern human being is thought to be the ultimate goal. Isuggest that, instead of considering the hypothetical period of the state of nature as abygone era of humanity, it could be re-evaluated as providing us with a goal for thehuman being of the state of civilisation. The simplicity and compassion of the savagehuman, who is immune from the destructive sentiment of amour propre, might beseen as equipping the modern human of excessive egoism with a horizon to determineits line of development.
Anahtar Kelime: ROUSSEAU’NUN SİYASET DÜŞÜNCESİNDE DOĞA DURUMUNUN MODERN DEĞERİ
Öz: Rousseau’nun erken dönem siyaset felsefesi eseri olan İnsanlar Arasındaki Eşitsizliğin Kaynağı, doğa durumunda yaşayan vahşi insanın medeniyet durumuna ait rasyonel insana dönüşümünü kavramsallaştırmaya çalışmaktadır. Genel olarak bakıldığında, Rousseau’nun anlatısı insanın mutluluk dolu bir başlangıç noktasından kan ve ihtilaf dolu bir bitiş noktasına doğru kaçınılmaz düşüşünü gösteren kötümser bir tarih anlatısına yaslandığı söylenebilir. Bu çalışma, Rousseau’nun siyaset felsefesinin görünürde bu olumsuz anlamı taşıyan doğa durumu kavramını yeniden yorumlamayı hedeflenmektedir. Bu amaçla, Rousseau’nun geç dönem eseri olan Toplum Sözleşmesi’nde yer alan toplumun rolünün özgürlük açısından geçirdiği değişime odaklanılıyor. Buna göre, artık egoist vahşi insan değil toplumcu modern insan nihai amaç olarak ele alınmaktadır. Buradan yola çıkarak, doğa durumunu hipotetik bir döneme işaret eden geçip gitmiş bir dönem olarak görmek yerine, medeniyet durumu insanının ulaşması gereken hedef olarak değerlendirebiliriz. Sade yaşamı ve merhametiyle birlikte amour propre’den muafiyeti göz önüne alındığında, vahşi insan kavramı aşırı egoizm sahibi modern insanın gelişim çizgisini belirleyecek bir ufuk olarak ele alınabilir.
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