Bloomsbury Robert Nozick - Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers

Explore the profound impact of Robert Nozick on political philosophy with this volume from the Bloomsbury series on Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers. In 1974, Nozick's seminal work, Anarchy, State, and Utopia, shifted libertarianism from a niche topic to a central part of political discipline. This book provides a powerful critique of social democracy and egalitarian liberalism. Nozick presents a rights-based account of libertarianism to demonstrate how a minimal state can legitimately arise and why nothing more than a minimal state is justified. He argues that such a state is not only morally right but functions as an inspiring meta-utopia. This volume offers a detailed look at Nozick's contributions to the field of political philosophy.