Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Introduction. The Paradoxes of Anti-statism 1
5. Part One: The State and the Rule of Law
6. Chapter I. Problems for a History of the State 9
7. Chapter II. Sovereign Power 15
8. Chapter III. Human Rights 33
9. Chapter IV. Law and Morality 51
10. Chapter V. Toward a History of the French State 64
11. Chapter VI. Inflections 91
12. Part Two: The State and Despotism
13. Chapter VII. Romanticism and Totalitarianism 97
14. Chapter VIII. Anti-statism and Nationalism 106
15. Chapter IX. Anti-juridism 112
16. Chapter X. The Secularization of Faith 123
17. Chapter XI. Marx’s Romanticism 135
18. Chapter XII. The State under the Rule of Despotism 144
19. Conclusion. The State and the Slaves 149
20. Notes 153
21. Index 171