The Philosophical Theory of the State

Bernard Bosanquet

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139136495

After more than a decade teaching ancient Greek history and philosophy at University College, Oxford, British philosopher and political theorist Bernard Bosanquet (1848–1923) resigned from his post to spend more time writing. He was particularly interested in contemporary social theory, and was involved with the Charity Organisation Society and the London Ethical Society. He saw himself as a radical in the Liberal Party, and at a theoretical level he was a 'collectivist', considering the individual to be a part of a larger social organism. He thought the state should be in harmony with the general will, and that going beyond it would lead to repression. Bosanquet's political ideas are explained in this influential work, which was published in 1899 and ran to four editions by 1923. Bosanquet begins with the theory of state, and then addresses sociological and philosophical ideas about politics before examining the idea of 'will'.

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

PREFACE
pp vii-xii

Contents
pp xiii-xviii

CHAPTER I - RISE AND CONDITIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY OF THE STATE
pp 1-16

CHAPTER II - SOCIOLOGICAL COMPARED WITH PHILOSOPHICAL THEORY
pp 17-52

CHAPTER III - THE PARADOX OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION; SELF-GOVERNMENT
pp 53-78

CHAPTER IV - THE PROBLEM OF POLITICAL OBLIGATION MORE RADICALLY TREATED
pp 79-102

CHAPTER V - THE CONCEPTION OF A “REAL” WILL
pp 103-123

CHAPTER VI - THE CONCEPTION OF LIBERTY AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FOREGOING SUGGESTIONS
pp 124-154

CHAPTER VII - PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE IDEA OF A REAL OR GENERAL WILL
pp 155-179

CHAPTER VIII - NATURE OF THE END OF THE STATE AND CONSEQUENT LIMIT OF STATE ACTION
pp 180-234

CHAPTER IX - ROUSSEAU'S THEORY AS APPLIED TO THE MODERN STATE: KANT, FICHTE, HEGEL
pp 235-255

CHAPTER X - THE ANALYSIS OF A MODERN STATE. HEGEL'S “PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT.”
pp 256-295

CHAPTER XI - INSTITUTIONS CONSIDERED AS ETHICAL IDEAS
pp 296-334

INDEX
pp 335-342

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