TY - BOOK ID - 6405015 TI - Political writings AU - Spencer, Herbert AU - Offer, John PY - 1994 SN - 0521431425 0521437407 1139170465 9780521431422 9781139170468 9780521437400 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - State, The. KW - Individualism. KW - Individualism KW - State, The KW - Administration KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Sovereignty KW - Political science KW - Economics KW - Equality KW - Self-interest KW - Sociology KW - Libertarianism KW - Personalism KW - Persons KW - Social Sciences KW - Political Science UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:6405015 AB - This book places Spencer's famous argument for political individualism in his The Man versus the State alongside his early The Proper Sphere of Government, out of which, after due gestation, emerged not only The Man versus the State but also Social Status and his all-embracing theory of evolution. Both are valuable as unyielding statements of anti-state political theory and as sources of perceptive comments on political events of the times. An introduction sets them in their context and examines their main themes. The book will be of interest to both undergraduates and specialists in politics, political theory, social policy, sociology and history. ER -