{"product_id":"pluralism-and-the-personality-of-the-state-hardback-9780521551915","title":"Pluralism and the Personality of the State (Hardback) 9780521551915","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePluralism and the Personality of the State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900–1933.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Runciman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521551915, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 June 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.645 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...such thoroughness is part and parcel of the book's great value to historians of ideas in early twentieth century England.\"    Review of Metaphysics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSet against the broad context of philosophical arguments about group and state personality, Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells, for the first time, the history of political pluralism. The pluralists believed that the state was simply one group among many, and could not therefore be sovereign. They also believed that groups, like individuals, might have personalities of their own. The book examines the philosophical background to political pluralist ideas with particular reference to the work of Thomas Hobbes and the German Otto von Gierke. It also traces the development of pluralist thought before, during and after the First World War. Part Three returns to Hobbes in order to see what conclusions can be drawn about the nature of his Leviathan and the nature of the state as it exists today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Personality of Associations: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Hobbes and the person of the commonwealth\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gierke and the Genossenschaft\u003cbr\u003e 4. Trusts and sovereigns\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Political Pluralism: 5. Maitland and the real personality of associations\u003cbr\u003e 6. Figgis and the communitas communitatum\u003cbr\u003e 7. Barker and the discredited state\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cole and guild socialism\u003cbr\u003e 9. Laski and political pluralism\u003cbr\u003e 10. The return of the state\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Personality of the State: 11. The mask of personality\u003cbr\u003e 12. The mask of the group\u003cbr\u003e 13. The mask of the state\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005089829144,"sku":"9780521551915","price":84.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521551915i_b208a0f8-6e8c-46e0-a4b9-e03067c316c9.jpg?v=1691369554","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/pluralism-and-the-personality-of-the-state-hardback-9780521551915","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}