TY - BOOK AU - Chandra, Satish A.V AU - Maya Banerjea TI - Social contractualist thought: a study of the nature of capitalism and classical liberalism SN - 9789393329516 U1 - 320.11 PY - 2022/// CY - New Delhi PB - Viva Books Private Limited KW - liberalism; Social contract; Capitalism; Contract social N1 - Biblio N2 - The idea of the State has been a subject for serious scholarship since ancient times. Over the ages, the State had to battle with other institutions like the all pervading Christian Church to establish its precedence and priority. The State was viewed differently in the medieval era, and in that of the Renaissance and the Reformation. Historical specificities seem to have been responsible for philosophers viewing the State differently at different periods ER -