The State Pettit Philip
Why the state is the elephant in the room of political theory, too long ignored, and how to put this right.The future of our species depends on the state. Can states resist corporate capture,…
Specifikacia The State Pettit Philip
Why the state is the elephant in the room of political theory, too long ignored, and how to put this right.The future of our species depends on the state. Can states resist corporate capture, religious zealotry, and nationalist mania? Can they find a way to work together so that the earth heals and its peoples prosper? Or is the state just not up to the task? In this book, the prominent political philosopher Philip Pettit examines the nature of the state and its capacity to serve goals like peace and justice within and beyond its borders. Doing so, he breaks new ground by making the state the focus of political theory--with implications for economic, legal, and social theory--and presents a persuasive, historically informed image of an institution that lies at the center of our lives.Offering an account that is more realist than utopian, Pettit starts from the