Review and Explain the Rule of Philosophical Thought in Political Geography Case Study: Political Geography in the Thought of Thomas Hobbes

In this study, we have tried to explain the effects of the philosophical point of view on the Political geography, with examining examine the philosophical thought of the "Thomas Hobbes" (1588- 1679). Hobbes's Leviathan as his most important compilation had a substantial impact on the west academic community, as this book as a reference text has been teaching at universities. Thomas Hobbe's political thought and his comments are very important for political geographers, because of its association with the principles of Political Geography and Geopolitics like power, government, sovereignty, territory and people, (directly or indirectly). Knowing the philosophical ideas that led to write this book by Hobbes is very important; because everyone's philosophical thought defines his principles and foundations. Some people know Thomas Hobbes as "creative philosophy in English". Hobbes used the scientific methodology in his work, and as discussed in the research, he had the realist philosophical approach, and had the mechanical and naturalist approach. He uses inductive and deductive methods to explain the issues. Hobbes has a pessimistic view to human and sees man the wolf man. Hence being a higher power that governs on the people is necessary. Influence of Political thought during his time and the tumultuous time in which he lived, created his point of view about the formation of the government and people, finally, his theory of the state is written in the book Leviathan. In this study, the effects of the philosophical ideas of Thomas Hobbes on Political Geography's issues are studied with analytic – descriptive method.