Freedom, value, power, justice, government, legitimacy are major themes of the present inquiry. It explores the ontological structure of human beings associating with one another, the basic phenomenon of society. We human beings strive to become who we are in an ongoing power interplay with each other. Thinkers called as witnesses include Plato, Aristotle, Anaximander, Protagoras, Hobbes, Locke, Adam Smith, Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Heidegger, Schumpeter, Hayek, Schmitt, Ernst Jünger, et al.

About the Author

Michael Eldred, born in Katoomba, Australia in 1952, gained degrees in mathematics and philosophy at Sydney University, being awarded a Ph.D. in philosophy in 1984 with a dissertation aimed at rethinking the social theories of Marx (Kapital) and Hegel (Rechtsphilosophie). Numerous publications (also online) in the areas of political philosophy and phenomenology. Books published include Phänomenologie der Männlichkeit in 1999 and Kapital und Technik: Marx und Heidegger in 2000 (also in English and Chinese). He currently lives as a translator in Cologne.

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