{"product_id":"state-hardback","title":"State - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe State\u003c\/i\u003e represents the epitome of Franz Oppenheimer's thinking. It integrates political and historical philosophy on the one hand, with economic philosophy on the other. Oppenheimer believed the future progress of nations would be in the direction of liberal socialism. He foresaw a society free from all monopolistic tendencies through unfettered competition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Oppenheimer, competition is restrained by a powerful class monopoly, created not through economic differentiation, but through political power. This class monopoly stands between the masses and the land. The laboring class is subject to the will of the upper classes because it does not control the means of production necessary to work in its own interest. Oppenheimer asserts that the right to hold more land than one can properly work through his own efforts and the efforts of his family cannot exist without political control, and is the single most important explanation for the formation of monopolies in human society. He proves his theory in an original analysis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Gottfried writes in the new introduction that \u003ci\u003eThe State\u003c\/i\u003e sums up and illustrates Oppenheimer's general theory of the origin, development, and expected transformation of the state, central political institution of the modern world. Much of Oppenheimer's work embodies the same independent spirit reflected in his way of life. \u003ci\u003eThe State\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wealth of information for economists, political theorists, and sociologists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFranz Oppenheimer\u003c\/i\u003e was professor of economics and sociology at the University of Frankfurt in Germany until he retired in 1929. In 1933 he was forced to flee the Nazi regime and eventually came to the United States, where he died in 1943.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Gottfried\u003c\/i\u003e is professor of political science at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Search for Historical Meaning; Carl Schmitt: Politics and Theory; Conservative Millenarians: The Romantic Experience in Bavaria; and After Liberalism\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming from Princeton University Press). He is general editor of \u003ci\u003eReligion and Public Life.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45575783350510,"sku":"9781138538788","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9781138538788.jpg?v=1720958953","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/state-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}