This article provides a historical view of the relation of state and society and of theories about their relation. Contents: The Ideas of 1789 on State and Society Importance of the Greek City-State The Impact of Christianity on State and Society Medieval Kingdoms and Estates The Sixteenth Century and the National State The French Revolution German Romanticism and Idealism English [...]
If we hold fast to the conception of the State as a legal association, acting under an ultimately sovereign constitution, through an immediately sovereign law-making body, we shall recognize that there is a large area of social life which the State will not touch, or, rather, will touch only at those points where the 'social' spills, as it were, over [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the Marxian Theory of State:- 1. Introduction to Marxian Theory of State 2. Definition of State 3. Origin of State 4. State and Irreconcilable Classes 5. State as an Instrument of Exploitation 6. Evaluation of Marxian Theory of State 7. A Critique of Marxian Theory of State. Introduction to Marxian Theory of [...]