The StateFranz Oppenheimer
The State
by Franz Oppenheimer · first published 1914
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…to work towards success, and also to cope with feeling not successful enough. The fact reflecting on that book is helpful for both sides of that coin is part of its staying power for me, I think. "The State" by Franz Oppenheimer was also impactful. It was the first kind of political theory that really gripped me. The idea that the State was something to analyze and scrutinize in the way that he did was exhilarating.…
on “Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?” ↗…starting with Hegel. There are countless examples, but a quick search brought me to this (which is actually a book written from an "individualist" POV, as far as I can tell): > Oppenheimer's view of the state is profoundly opposed to the then dominant characterisation propounded by G. W. F. Hegel of the state as an admirable achievement of modern civilisation.[1] Proponents of this view tend to accept the…
on “The Banality of Systemic Evil” ↗…labor of others, the "economic means" for the satisfaction of needs, while the unrequited appropriation of the labor of others will be called the "political means." << Franz Oppenheimer (1908), "The State" Please do not confuse the social and societal with the political, that's a fallacy.
on “A Soviet Prisoner's View on What's Important” ↗