Hunt, Lester H.
Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide
Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ideas expressed in Robert Nozick’s highly influential 1974 work on free-market libertarianism—considered one of the most important and influential works of political philosophy published in the latter half of the 20th-century.
- Makes accessible all the major ideas and arguments presented in Nozick’s complex masterpiece
- Explains, as well as critiques, Robert Nozick’s theory of free market libertarianism
- Enables a new generation of readers to draw their own conclusions about the wealth of timely ideas on individualism and libertarian philosophy
- Indicates where Nozick’s theory has explanatory power, where it is implausible, and where there are loose ends with further work to be done
Keywords: Nozick, Robert Nozick, philosophy, politics, political philosophy, analytic political philosopher, libertarian, libertarianism, free-market libertarianism, contemporary philosophy, minimal state, minimalist state, minarchist, minarchist state, entitlement theory
- Author(s)
- Hunt, Lester H.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2015
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 240 pages
- Category
- Philosophy
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118880609
- Printed ISBN
- 9780470675014