Technology and the End of Authority
What Is Government For?
Authors: Kuznicki, Jason
Free Preview- Surveys the discipline of mainstream political philosophy using tools that grow from modern libertarianism
- Incisively criticizes authoritarian thinking and commonly received views in political theory
- Connects advancements in technology with projections for the future of the state and political authority
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- About this book
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This book provides a critical survey of Western political philosophy from a classical liberal perspective, paying particular attention to knowledge problems and the problem of political authority. Its central argument is that the state is a tool for solving a historically changing set of problems, and that, as a tool, the state is frequently deficient on both moral and practical grounds. Government action can be considered as a response to a set of problems, all of which may conceivably be solved in some other manner as well. The book examines in particular the relationship between the state and technology over time. Technological developments may make the state more or less necessary over time, which is a consideration that is relatively new in the history of political philosophy, but increasingly important. The book is organized chronologically and concludes with an essay on trends in the history of political philosophy, as well as its surprisingly bright prospects for future development.
- About the authors
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Jason Kuznicki is Research Fellow at the Cato Institute, USA, and editor of Cato Unbound. He obtained his PhD in intellectual history from Johns Hopkins University, USA.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Introduction: The March of God in the World
Pages 1-6
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The Ancient State and the Myth of Marathon
Pages 9-30
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The Ancient Dissenters
Pages 31-38
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Christianity and the City of Man: From Retreat to Reform
Pages 39-57
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The March of the State in the Early Modern World
Pages 59-86
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Technology and the End of Authority
- Book Subtitle
- What Is Government For?
- Authors
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- Jason Kuznicki
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-48692-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-48692-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83995-0
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 285
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