Pluralism and the Personality of the State [Paperback]

Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 19001933.Pluralism and the personality of the state tells the history of English political thought from 1900-1 933, concentrating on the work of the political pluralists and their attack on the idea of state sovereignty. It explores the background to their work in the ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the German jurist Otto von Gierke. It also looks at what wider relevance their ideas might have today, particularly with regard to the question of the relation between the state and voluntary associations.Pluralism and the personality of the state tells the history of English political thought from 1900-1 933, concentrating on the work of the political pluralists and their attack on the idea of state sovereignty. It explores the background to their work in the ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the German jurist Otto von Gierke. It also looks at what wider relevance their ideas might have today, particularly with regard to the question of the relation between the state and voluntary associations.Pluralism and the Personality of the State tells the history of English political thought from 1900 to 1933, concentrating on the work of the political pluralists and their attack on the idea of state sovereignty. It explores the background to their work in the ideas of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the German jurist Otto von Gierke. It also looks at what wider relevance their ideas might have today, particularly with regard to the question of the relation between the state and voluntary associations.Preface; Part I. The Personality of Associations: 1. Introduction; 2. Hobbes and the person of the commonwealth; 3. Gierke and the Genossenschaft; 4. Trusts and sovereigns; Part II. Political Pluralism: 5. Maitland and the real personality of associations; 6. Figgis and the communitas communitatum; 7. Barker and the discredited state; 8. Cole lc·