The State (German: Der Staat) is a book by German sociologist Franz Oppenheimer first published in Germany in 1908.

Oppenheimer explains how the constitutional state arises with the emancipation of the peasantry, the growth of the industrial state, and influences from the ...

The State is a brilliant analysis of modern political arrangements that views the state as acting in its own interest contrary to the interests of ...

In this book, the prominent political philosopher Philip Pettit examines the nature of the state and its capacity to serve goals like peace and justice within ...

The State, Oppenheimer persuasively argues, is always born in the conquest of one group by another. The conquerors then set themselves up as the government and ...

Vol. 33 No. 07 (November 2023) pp. 94-97. THE STATE, Philip Pettit. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2023. pp. 376. Hardcover $39.95.

This is the 1908 book that started it all in the 20th century, the book that kicked off a century of anti-state, pro-property writing.

The State is a brilliant analysis of modern political arrangements that views the state as acting in its own interest contrary to the interests of ...

Written by Jennifer Gandhi (Yale University) and Jeffrey K. Staton (Emory University), this chapter of A Political Science Experiment explores the following ...