Robert Nozick

by Ralf M. Bader

Book Overview

In 1974, Robert Nozick's book Anarchy, State, and Utopia moved libertarianism from a relatively neglected subset of political philosophy to the center of the discipline, as one of the most cogent critiques of social democracy and egalitarian liberalism.

Nozick developed a rights-based account of libertarianism to show that a minimal state can legitimately arise, that nothing more than a minimal state is justified, and that the minimal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826424295
• ISBN13: 9780826424297
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"