Social Theory (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Social Theory Round a single point - the nature and function of the State. On this point I have been led to modify my former View so as to recognise that many of the arguments Which I used to justify the assigning of certain social functions to the State in fact only justify their assigning to some body which, like the modern State, is structurally inclusive in that all the members of the community are also its members. I had already hinted, in the first edition, that the functions Which require to be performed by an inclusive association might well be divided among several such associations, as they call for different types of capacity and relate to essentially different groups of questions (see p. I have now put this point of view much more strongly, without attempting to develop at allits practical implications. My conclusions on this question, as well as a prac tical development of the theories on which this book is based, Will be found more fully set out in the two chapters dealing With the Structure and Work ing of the Commune in my Guild Socialism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.