ABSTRACT
First published in 1987. This study is an attempt to distinguish the problem of political obligation as it was formulated in the ancient world from the problem as it has presented itself in the modern world, and assesses the idealist achievement in the philosophical treatment of the problem of political obligation. This title will be of interest to students of philosophy and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|41 pages
The Problem
chapter 1|20 pages
The Problem of Political Obligation
chapter 2|19 pages
The Underlying Philosophical Assumptions
part 2|86 pages
The Concrete Universal
chapter 3|3 pages
The Issues
chapter 4|19 pages
T. H. Green
chapter 5|19 pages
Bosanquet
chapter 6|44 pages
Oakeshott
part 3|155 pages
Political Obligation