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The Politics of Obedience (Large Print Edition) - The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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The Politics of Obedience (Large Print Edition) - The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Large print, Paperback, Large type / large print edition)
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Etienne de La Boetie was born in Sarlat, in the Perigord region of
southwest France, in 1530, to an aristocratic family, and became a
dear friend of Michel de Montaigne. But he ought to be remembered
for this astonishingly important essay, one of the greatest in the
history of political thought. It will shake the way you think of
the state. His thesis and argument amount to the best answer to
Machiavelli ever penned as well as one of the seminal essays in
defense of liberty. La Boetie's task is to investigate the nature
of the state and its strange status as a tiny minority of the
population that adheres to different rules from everyone else and
claims the authority to rule everyone else, maintaining a monopoly
on law. It strikes him as obviously implausible that such an
institution has any staying power. It can be overthrown in an
instant if people withdraw their consent. He then investigates the
mystery as to why people do not withdraw, given what is obvious to
him that everyone would be better off without the state. This sends
him on a speculative journey to investigate the power of
propaganda, fear, and ideology in causing people to acquiesce in
their own subjection. Is it cowardice? Perhaps. Habit and
tradition. Perhaps. Perhaps it is ideological illusion and
intellectual confusion.
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