The State of Freedom

Informationen zum Autor Patrick Joyce is Honorary Professor of History, University of Edinburgh, and Emeritus Professor of History, University of Manchester. He has also served in visiting Professorships in history and sociology, including at the University of California, Berkeley and San Diego; the London School of Economics; and the European University Institute in Florence. Klappentext Patrick Joyce offers a bold and highly original contribution to the history and theory of the state. Zusammenfassung What is the state? The State of Freedom offers an important new take on this classic question by exploring what exactly the state did and how it worked. Patrick Joyce asks us to re-examine the ordinary things of the British state and the kinds of people who ran it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the powers of the state; Part I. The State of Things: Connecting: 2. 'Man is made of the Post Office': making the social technical; 3. Postal economy and society: making the technical social; 4. Filing the Raj: political technologies of the imperial state; Part II. The State of Men: Governing: 5. The work of the state; 6. The grammars of governance: pedagogies of the powerful; 7. 'The fathers govern the nation': the public school and the Oxbridge College; 8. Conclusion: legacies of the liberal Leviathan.

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Patrick Joyce offers a bold and highly original contribution to the history and theory of the state.

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What is the state? The State of Freedom offers an important new take on this classic question by exploring what exactly the state did and how it worked. Patrick Joyce asks us to re-examine the ordinary things of the British state and the kinds of people who ran it.

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1. Introduction: the powers of the state; Part I. The State of Things: Connecting: 2. 'Man is made of the Post Office': making the social technical; 3. Postal economy and society: making the technical social; 4. Filing the Raj: political technologies of the imperial state; Part II. The State of Men: Governing: 5. The work of the state; 6. The grammars of governance: pedagogies of the powerful; 7. 'The fathers govern the nation': the public school and the Oxbridge College; 8. Conclusion: legacies of the liberal Leviathan.