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The man versus the state : with six essays on government, society, and freedom / Herbert Spencer ; foreword by Eric Mack ; introduction by Albert Jay Nock.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- State, The.
- Individualism.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (550 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Indianapolis, Ind. : Liberty Fund, [1981]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory cooperation--the statist principle--for the individualist principle of voluntary cooperation. His theme is that "there is in society . . . that beautiful self-adjusting principle which will keep all its elements in equilibrium. . . . The attempt to regulate all the actions of a community by legislation will entail little else but misery and compulsion." Herbert Spencer joined the staff of the London and Birmingham Railway as an engineer in 1837 and in 1848 took a position as editor of The Economist. Please note: This title is available as an ebook for purchase on Amazon , Barnes and Noble , and iTunes .
- Contents:
- The man versus the state (1884)
- The proper sphere of government (1843)
- Over-legislation (1853)
- Representative government
- What is itgood for? (1857)
- The social organism (1860)
- Specialized administration (1871)
- From freedom to bondage (1891).
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61487-862-5
- OCLC:
- 834144264
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