Abstract
This paper argues that the desire to outline an ideal state, by
philosophers, is also a desire to give political legitimacy to such a
state or rulers who evoke their ideal. In this way, article surveys
western political history pointing out the connection between
theoretical evocation of an, ideal state and how it has been used by
actual regimes as justifying their power to rule. Moreover, how
this particular idea of legitimacy is seized and materialized by
capitalism.
Shakila Noor Sindhu . (2020) Philosophical Quest for Political Legitimacy, Journal of Pakistan Vision, Volume 21, Issue 1.
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