The Man Versus the State: With Six Essays on Government, Society and Freedom: With Six Essays on Government, Society, & Freedom - Hardcover

Spencer, Herbert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0913966975 ISBN 13: 9780913966976

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc, 1982

Synopsis

This volume contains the four essays that Spencer published as The Man Versus the State in 1884 as well as five essays added by later publishers. In addition, it provides "The Proper Sphere of Government", an important early essay by Spencer. Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory co-operation -- the statist principle -- for the individualist principle of voluntary co-operation. 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".

About this title

Product Description:

Spencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of compulsory co-operation - the statist principle - for the individualist principle of voluntary co-operation. This volume contains the four essays that Spencer published as The Man Versus the State in 1884.

About the Author:

Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher, political theorist, sociological theorist, author, and editor. He served in the later capacity for the "Economist" from 1843 to 1853. He is perhaps best known for applying evolutionary theory to social development and coined the term "survival of the fittest." His best known works are "Man versus the State" and the multi-volume "System of Synthetic Philosophy".

About this edition

• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 0913966975
• ISBN 13: 9780913966976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 550