The philosophical context of 'the state' in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century English Liberalism

Band, David Charles

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The philosophical context of 'the state' in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century English Liberalism

Date

1980

Authors

Band, David Charles

Abstract

This study is an examination of the meaning, role and context of the concept of 'the state' in the political thought of T. H Green, Bernard Bosanquet, L. T. Hobhouse and J. A. Hobson. It indicates that, for each thinker, it is most appropriate to grasp the context of the state - what the state is, for him 'about' - if we are to appreciate his understanding of the state and the role or roles to which he assigns it.