false 4824293 1 “A bas l’Etat” — The slogan scrawled on the wall at the Sorbonne in May of 1968 has appeared in appropriate language everywhere in the Western world, and it can be found, if less conspicuously, in the East as well. The object of the revolt is only incidentally the government at hand; there is a worldwide rebellion against The State itself, whether it be manifest as capitalist democracy or communist autocracy. Milton Mayer here examines the roots of man’s ancient conflict with The State and concludes: “…law was the rampart of liberty — no man above it, beneath it, outside it. But in the middle of the Twentieth Century the revolution is against the rule of law, now identified as the enemy of liberty.” In an Epilogue the classic concepts of authority and freedom are examined in contemporary context, and frequently challenged, by student radicals. 4889450 12 1969 On Liberty: Man v. The State total:2|4:1|3:1| 2 7 5 2 4 0 false false Mon Sep 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 12:03:09 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 29 20:45:33 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 12 19:58:27 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 24 07:07:26 -0700 2008
The books ends with an open discussion between Mayer, some of his colleagues, and students in which various solutions are discussed and though none of them survive the theoretical gauntlet, it cert...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 12 15:30:49 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:30:49 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 08 22:12:29 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 22:12:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 08:08:47 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 08:08:49 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4824293