Against Politics: On Government, Anarchy and Order

by Anthony De Jasay

Book Overview

Is the state a necessity, a convenience, or neither? It enforces collective choices in which some override the preferences and dispose of the resources of others. Moreover, collective choice serves as its own source of authority and preempts the space it wishes to occupy. The morality and efficacy of the result are perennial questions central to political philosophy.
In Against Politics Jasay takes a closely reasoned stand, based on modern rational...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415513650
• ISBN13: 9780415513654
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"