Our Enemy, the State
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Our Enemy, the State is a 1935 libertarian classic by Albert Jay Nock that critiques the growth of centralized political power and defends individual liberty against state encroachment.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Our Enemy, the State canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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libertarian classic ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ political philosophy book ⓘ |
| advocates |
classical liberalism
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individual liberty ⓘ limited government ⓘ |
| author | Albert Jay Nock NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| critiques |
expansion of the state
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state encroachment on individual liberty ⓘ statism ⓘ |
| describes | growth of centralized political power ⓘ |
| genre |
libertarianism
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political theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
critique of political centralization
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historical analysis of state development ⓘ theoretical discussion of state and society ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
anti-statist
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libertarian ⓘ |
| hasReception | regarded as a classic of American libertarian literature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of political power
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class theory of the state ⓘ coercion versus voluntary association ⓘ conflict between state and individual ⓘ critique of political elites ⓘ relationship between state and society ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
19th-century classical liberal thought
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individualist anarchism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
centralized political power
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class conflict ⓘ individual liberty ⓘ libertarian critique of the state ⓘ political authority ⓘ state power ⓘ the state ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distinction between state and society
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influence on American libertarian thought ⓘ systematic critique of the modern state ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
classical liberalism
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libertarianism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1935 ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
critics of centralized government
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libertarian readers ⓘ students of political theory ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed | history of the state in Western civilization ⓘ |
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