Grant, David, 1947-

The mythological state and its empire [Electronic resource] / David Grant. - New York, NY : Routledge, 2009. - Electronic resource 24 cm. - Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 59 .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-284) and index.

The nature of political mythology -- Introduction -- The past as a figure of the present and future -- Establishment and refinement -- The Leviathan, the calling and their separation -- Imagining a general will -- The reason of Protestant politics -- Modernisation -- Reason and the myth of justice -- The liberalism of the market -- Freedom is the state -- Defending the state against scepticism -- Embodiment -- The state as civilisation -- Governmentality, the market and liberalism.

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Political science--Philosophy.

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