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| Author | Albert Jay Nock |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Libertarianism |
| Publisher | William Morrow & Company |
Publication date | 1935 |
| ISBN | 1502585634 |
| Text | Our Enemy, the State at Wikisource |
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| Conservatism in the United States |
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Our Enemy, the State is the best-known book by libertarian author Albert Jay Nock, serving as a fundamental influence for the modern libertarian and American conservatism movements. Initially presented as a series of lectures at Bard College, it was published in 1935, and attempts to analyze the origins of American freedom and question the nature and legitimacy of authoritarian government. Nock differentiates between that, which he refers to as "the State" (as described by Franz Oppenheimer in his book The State) and "legitimate" government, including governing oneself or consensual delegation of decision-making to leaders one selects.
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