The Philosophical Theory of the State:

After more than a decade teaching ancient Greek history and philosophy at University College, Oxford, British philosopher and political theorist Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) resigned from his post to spend more time writing. He was particularly interested in contemporary social theory, and was invo...

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1. Verfasser: Bosanquet, Bernard (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1899
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Philosophy
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Zusammenfassung:After more than a decade teaching ancient Greek history and philosophy at University College, Oxford, British philosopher and political theorist Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) resigned from his post to spend more time writing. He was particularly interested in contemporary social theory, and was involved with the Charity Organisation Society and the London Ethical Society. He saw himself as a radical in the Liberal Party, and at a theoretical level he was a 'collectivist', considering the individual to be a part of a larger social organism. He thought the state should be in harmony with the general will, and that going beyond it would lead to repression. Bosanquet's political ideas are explained in this influential work, which was published in 1899 and ran to four editions by 1923. Bosanquet begins with the theory of state, and then addresses sociological and philosophical ideas about politics before examining the idea of 'will'
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Beschreibung:1 online resource (366 pages)
ISBN:9781139136495
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139136495