The Man Versus the State

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The Man Versus the State is a political philosophy book by Herbert Spencer that critiques government intervention and defends individual liberty and limited state power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
political philosophy book
author Herbert Spencer
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticizes government intervention in the economy
paternalistic legislation
state socialism
defends individual liberty
laissez-faire capitalism
limited state power
firstPublishedIn London, England
surface form: London
genre liberalism
political philosophy
hasISBN 9780865971905
hasOCLC 3829723
hasPart The Coming Slavery
The Great Political Superstition
The New Toryism
The Sins of Legislators
hasSubject industrial society
political obligation
role of the state
social legislation
influenced 20th-century classical liberalism
libertarian thought
influencedBy Herbert Spencer's evolutionary theory
classical liberal tradition
language English
mainSubject classical liberalism
individual liberty
laissez-faire
limited government
political theory
state intervention
mediaType print
notableIdea warning against expansion of state power
philosophicalDiscipline political philosophy
social philosophy
philosophicalSchool classical liberalism
libertarianism
publicationCentury 19th century
publicationYear 1884
publisher Williams and Norgate
setting Victorian era
surface form: Victorian era Britain
workOf Herbert Spencer

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Herbert Spencer notableWork The Man Versus the State