The Concealment of the State

• Kaituhi matua: Lindsey, Jason Royce (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: New York Bloomsbury Academic 2013
• Rangatū: Contemporary Anarchist Studies
• Ngā marau: Politics & International Relations; Political Theory and Philosophy (Politics); Anarchist Studies (Politics); Supplementary Standard
• Urunga tuihono: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Whakarāpopototanga

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Concealing the state frees us from admitting the unpleasant truth-in today's world we are utterly dependent upon the state's increasingly frantic efforts to control risk. To this end, states have created systems of coercion and surveillance that are difficult to reconcile with our theories of political legitimacy. The dominant ideology of contemporary politics has become the concealment of the state's overwhelming power and role in daily life. We prefer the comfortable illusion that we are autonomous individuals pursuing our plans in a free market. If we hold fast to that idea, then our distance from policy makers and dwindling political influence seems less important. Nonetheless, this book draws upon the anarchist tradition and a wide range of accessible policy examples (ranging from military organization and environmental regulations to scientific investment and education) to reveal the active role of contemporary states behind this ideological screen. Lindsey argues that we need a new politics that focuses on exposing and challenging the contemporary state's hidden agency. Otherwise, how can we democratically control the state when it denies, from the outset, having the ability to meet our demands?

Whakaahuatanga ōkiko

1 electronic resource (192 p.)

ISBN

9781501306747
9781441148568
9781441102065

Urunga

Open Access