Liberalism and the Metaverse: Hobbes as First Founder?

• In Event: Foundations of Constitutionalism

Brief Overview

We argue that Hobbes should be seen as the founder of both liberalism and of the metaverse: the techno-political imagination of our day is ultimately a continuation of the one founded, and effectuated, in and through the works of Hobbes.

Authors

• Trevor Michael Shelley, Arizona State University

• Eric Schmidt, Kentucky Wesleyan College