Contemporary philosophy often examines how wealth creates invisible forms of power.
: Saw power as a restless desire that only ends in death. In his view, people give up individual power to a "Leviathan" (the state) to avoid a life that is "nasty, brutish, and short." Wealth and Power: Philosophical Perspectives (R...
As societies modernized, the focus shifted to how wealth and power create the structures of the state. and short." As societies modernized