The idea of the state /
For a half-century or more, political theory has been characterized by a pronounced distrust of metaphysical or ontological speculation. Such a disposition has been sharply at odds with influential currents in post-war philosophy - both analytic and continental - where metaphysical issues have becom...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Series: | Contemporary political theory.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The state as a structure of intelligibility
- 2. Politics, prudence and philosophy
- 3. The post-Kantian convergence
- 4. The omnicompetent state : toleration and limited government
- 5. The absolute state : authority and resistance
- 6. The organic state : democracy and freedom.
