G.D.H. Cole on the General Will: A socialist reflects on Rousseau

European Journal of Political Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 283-300

  Lamb, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cole; General will; Guild socialism; Marxism; Rousseau; Social democracy; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248042113     PISSN: 14748851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474885105052706     Document Type: Article

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33. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1993) The Social Contract and Discourses. London: Dent.
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35. G.D.H. Cole, Essays in Social Theory, Ibid. p. 113.
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40. Robert Wokler (1983) 'Rousseau and Marx', in David Miller and Larry Siedentop (ed.) The Nature of Political Theory, pp. 219-46, pp. 31-7. Oxford: Clarendon.
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45. Cole (n. 38), pp. xlii-xliii;
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51. Cole (n. 30), p. 116.
52. F.M. Barnard, Modern Political Theory from Hobbes to Marx, Ibid. p. 114.
53. F.M. Barnard, Modern Political Theory from Hobbes to Marx, Ibid. p. 114.
54. F.M. Barnard, Modern Political Theory from Hobbes to Marx, Ibid. p. 115.
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56. Cole (n. 30), p. 116.
57. F.M. Barnard, Modern Political Theory from Hobbes to Marx, Ibid. p. 115.
58. Cole (n. 38), p. xxxvii.
59. Richard Vernon, 'Introduction', to Cole (n. 13), pp. v-lxi, xx-xxi.
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64. Cole (n. 38), p. xlix.
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66. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, Ibid. p. 252.
67. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, Ibid. p. 259.
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69. Cole (n. 38), p. xlix.
70. P.D. Jimack, 'Introduction', Ibid. p. xliv.
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72. Cole (n. 9), p. 29.
73. Cole (n. 19), p. 7.
74. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. p. 22.
75. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. p. 23.
76. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. p. 23.
77. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. pp. 103-16.
78. Cole (n. 2), p. 151.
79. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. pp. 103-16.
80. Melissa Schwartzberg, Political Studies, Ibid. p. 156.
81. Bernard Bosanquet (1923) The Philosophical Theory of the State, pp. 108-9. 4th edn, London: Macmillan.
82. Bernard Bosanquet, The Philosophical Theory of the State, Ibid. p. 109.
83. Bernard Bosanquet, The Philosophical Theory of the State, Ibid. pp. 114-15.
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85. A similar criticism has been made by David Runciman (1997) Pluralism and the Personality of the State, pp. 175-6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
86. Cole (n. 19), pp. 103-4.
87. David Runciman, Pluralism and the Personality of the State, Ibid. p. 105.
88. David Runciman, Pluralism and the Personality of the State, Ibid. pp. 105-6.
89. David Runciman, Pluralism and the Personality of the State, Ibid. pp. 106-7.
90. Paul Q. Hirst (ed.) (1989) The Pluralist Theory of the State: Selected Writings of G.D.H. Cole, J.N. Figgis, and H.J. Laski, p. 33. London: Routledge. This is a term that Cole himself used: see Cole (n. 19), pp. 105-6 and 119.
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92. Hirst (n. 85), pp. 34-5.
93. G.D.H. Cole (1925-6) 'Loyalties', Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 26: 151-70, p. 155.
94. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 154.
95. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 160.
96. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 162.
97. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 164.
98. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. pp. 169-70.
99. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 161.
100. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 162.
101. G.D.H. Cole, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Ibid. p. 163.
102. G.D.H. Cole (1929) The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy, p. viii. London: Macmillan.
103. G.D.H. Cole, The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy, Ibid. p. 2I.
104. G.D.H. Cole, The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy, Ibid. p. 415.
105. G.D.H. Cole, The Next Ten Years in British Social and Economic Policy, Ibid. pp. 16-17.
106. G.D.H. Cole (1935) What Marx Really Meant, pp. 7-8. London: Gollancz.
107. Cole (n. 97), p. 161.
108. G.D.H. Cole, What Marx Really Meant, Ibid. p. 160.
109. G.D.H. Cole (1938) Socialism in Evolution, p. 248. Harmondsworth: Penguin.
110. G.D.H. Cole, Socialism in Evolution, p. 248. Ibid.
111. Cole (n. 97), p. 161.
112. G.D.H. Cole, Socialism in Evolution, Ibid. pp. 163-6.
113. G.D.H. Cole (1923) Workshop Organization, p. 136. Oxford: Clarendon.
114. Cole (n. 19), pp. 144-57.
115. Cole (n. 101), p. 291.
116. G.D.H. Cole, Workshop Organization, Ibid. p. 292.
117. G.D.H. Cole, Workshop Organization, Ibid. pp. 292-301.
118. G.D.H. Cole, Workshop Organization, Ibid. pp. 197-201.
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