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.

General

Imprint:	Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	2008
First published:	2008
Introduction by:	Murray N Rothbard
Translators:	Harry Kurz
Authors:	Etienne De La Boetie
Dimensions:	254 x 203 x 4mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	82
Edition:	Large type / large print edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4792-9361-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
LSN:	1-4792-9361-X
Barcode:	9781479293612

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