You and the State

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You and the State is written by Jan Narveson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1461647452 (ISBN 10) and 9781461647454 (ISBN 13).

Jan Narveson asks the provocative, philosophical question: is the state necessary? In this unusual introduction to political philosophy, Narveson draws on the history of political philosophy and discusses its main theories_classic liberal, democratic, socialist, radical_with reference to how each sees the place of the individual in the political order. Narveson's critique is situated within issues of freedom, authority, economic welfare, international relations and others to explore how and whether the state is necessary. His argument is ultimately anti-statist and takes seriously the question of whether and how some version of anarchism might make sense.