A Study on ét？enne De La Boét？e

The process of organizing the modern state took place over a long period of time. This is the beginning of the process until end of feudal era, although the principal opinions which retained the shape of the XVI. and XVII. centuries can be said to have received. The weakening of the authority of the Church after the Renaissance and Reform movements, the beginning of the dissolution of the feudal system and the technological developments that are experienced are important factors in the process of the formation of the modern state. étienne de La Boétie, who studied the subject, lived in this political climate and was influenced by the social and political problems of the time and left an immortal work in the literary texts of political philosophy. La Boétie, a Renaissance man, said that human nature is free and equal but people are being servants of power voluntarily. The intent of the work is to resolve the work of La Boétie on the subject of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude, which discusses the nature of man and why mankind obeys power. In this context, the analysis of La Boétie's work was generally compared with the views of N. Machiavelli and social contract theorists, and La Boétie's messages were revealed. In addition, the relation between the method used by A. Gramsci as the hegemony and the method used when giving the tools for the adoption of power was questioned. The political climate, the emergence of the work, universal messages and the theses presented in the work were discussed during the period of La Boétie's analysis of the constitute of the modern state. Comparative analysis and interpretation methods were used in the study