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The Critique of the State

By Jens Bartelson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0521806658, 9780521806657, 9780511017025
Open Library ID
OL7755025M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
674 kB (690563 bytes)
Pages
222\223
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05

Description

The concept of the state has been central to the study of politics and society. Jens Bartelson examines the history of the concept, and argues that the state has largely been taken for granted as the embodiment of authority, rather than analyzed itself. He sees the state as a historically limited phenomenon, and argues that this explains the way political scientists have framed the subject they study. This book will appeal to political and social theorists, as well as philosophers of social science.

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