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Leviathan in Lord of the Flies from the Perspective of Political Philosophy

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William Golding,the Nobel Prize winner,depicts civilization and savagery,democracy and anarchy,reconstruction and destruction vividly in his masterpiece Lord of the Flies.Providing a more cogent interpretation of Lord of the Flies,this thesis is intended to demonstrate and analyze the descriptive construction of society from the perspective of political philosophy.Following the view of Thomas Hobbes' theory,the thesis makes a comparison between Lord of the Flies and Leviathan by focusing on state of na-ture,law of nature,social contract and common wealth. The study reveals that the commonwealth originates from a conflict that the contradiction in human nature.Hence considering the evil nature of human beings,the state of commonwealth is indispensable for hu-man existence and sustainability which arouse the reflection of the civilization order and regime.

Lord of the FliesLeviathanHobbespolitical philosophyhuman sustainability

罗佳雯、张乃元

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武汉理工大学

2019

新东方英语·中学生
《海外文摘》杂志社

新东方英语·中学生

影响因子:0.004
ISSN:1672-4186
年,卷(期):2019.(2)
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