00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000000944 20240402045527 0010-0520000944 240402################|##########|#eng## 0-521-84214-X eng 320.1 320.1/STE/I Peter J. Steinberger Idea of The State 07317 Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006 xiv, 329p.; 23cm. ; 23cm. 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. 1. State 07317/MKRI-P/XII-2007