=LDR 00000nam 2200000 4500 =001 INLIS000000000000944 =005 20240402045527 =035 ##$$a 0010-0520000944 =008 240402################|##########|#eng## =020 ##$$a 0-521-84214-X =041 $$a eng =082 ##$$a 320.1 =084 ##$$a 320.1/STE/I =100 #$$a Peter J. Steinberger =245 1#$$a Idea of The State 07317 =260 ##$$a Cambridge :$b Cambridge University Press,$c 2006 =300 ##$$a xiv, 329p.; 23cm. ; $c 23cm. =520 ##$$a Political theory has been characterized by a pronounced distrust of metaphysical or ontological speculation for more than a half-century. However, Peter J. Steinberger reaffirms the importance of systematic philosophical inquiry into the foundations of political life in view of changing trends. Steinberger demonstrates how such an approach can cast a new and instructive light on a variety of controversial, seemingly intractable problems of tolerance, civil disobedience, democracy and consent. =650 4$$a 1. State =990 ##$$a 07317/MKRI-P/XII-2007