Exploring Individualism and The Nature of the State
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https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2023.v08.n04.021Keywords:
Individualism, State, Laissez Faire, Social ContractAbstract
The paper attempts to understand the mapping of individualism and the nature of the state. The underlying reason for such a study is to explore the factors that led to the emergence and acceptance of individualism as the most plausible theory of the state. It is believed that it is making a re-emergence in the 21st century with the same vigour, therefore, compelling us to re-explore the antecedents of the theory of Individualism and its nature of the state.
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