الدولة نظريا وعمليا

by Harold J. Laski

This timeless classic by Harold J. Laski explains the nature of the modern state by examining its characteristics, as revealed by its history. "The State in Theory and Practice" is a work that grows in significance, rather than dwindles over time. This is because, as Sidney A. Pearson, Jr. points out, Laski helped develop and expound the foundational arguments of the political left.After the collapse of the Soviet Union, even on the hard left, few people thought of Marxism, at least in its classical formulation by Laski in the 1930s, as a political alternative. Much of the interest in Laski seeks to separate the early Laski of pluralist parliamentary arguments from the later Laski of Marxism. Laski's appeal rests on subtle aspects of his science of politics that require a detailed examination before their full significance can be understood. The state is a work that operates at several layers of assumptions and implications.The significance of Laski starts with the observation that among many intellectuals on the left, the political critique of liberal democracy remains as influential after the collapse of the Soviet Union as it was when Laski wrote. The leftist critique of classical liberalism is one of the touchstones of modern political thought and Laski remains part of that tradition. Laski is one of the links between what might be called the "old left" of the pre-World War II era and the "new left" of the 1960's and later.

Genres: Politics

344 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1935

About the author

Harold Joseph Laski was a British Marxist, political theorist, economist, author, and lecturer, who served as the chairman of the Labour Party during 1945-1946, and was a professor at the LSE from 1926 to 1950.

Reviews

[AisegülA. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Laski temel olarak devletin işlevinin her zaman belirli bir sınıflı toplumun amaçlarına uygun hukuk ve düzeni korumak olduğunu savunmaktadır. Üretim yöntemleri ise hukuku belirleyecektir. Temelleri mahkemelerde sınanmamış politik sistemler yok olmaya mahkumdur.

"Önemli olan devrimin olup olmaması değil kaçınılmaz olmasıdır. Devrimcilerin insan hakları ile kastettikleri toplumun üretim haklarına sahip olan belirli sınıfın haklarıdır."
"Bu halde çoğunluğun gücünün sınırlandığı noktanın azınlığın kabullenmek yerine savaşmayı seçeceği nokta olduğunu söyleyebilir miyiz? "
"Yaşadığı sistemin üretim ilişkilerini değiştirmek isteyen birisinin toplumun hukuki değerlerini değiştirmesi gerekir."
"Lenin'in dünyayı değiştirdiği doğrudur fakat ona bu fırsatı veren şey Çarlık Rusya'nın temellerini oluşturan ekonomik ilişkilerin yıkılmasıdır."