The State as an Imaginary Reality: Complex Historical and Philosophical Study. Review of the Monograph: I. A. Isaev "Imaginary Statehood. Space without Territory". Moscow: RG-Press, 2018. 224 p

Abstract

He review of the monograph by I. A. Isaev "Imaginary Statehood. Space without Territory" published in 2018 in the publishing house "RG-Press" (224 p.) highlights a rare phenomenon. The point is that some specialists, who have a legal education, sometimes manage to create works that have a serious philosophical depth and wide worldview scale. Presented text can be referred to the latter. The author convincingly, on numerous historical, theoretical and literary examples, shows that it is the phenomenon of an imaginary state that acts as a kind of "red line" of the history of socio-political thought, and therefore, of a present reality that grows from the myth no less than from truth. There are a lot of philosophical searches and conclusions. This, for example, is an original view, according to which there is a political and legal dimension in the metaphysical reflections of the ancient. I.A. Isaev demonstrates his negative attitude towards the one-sidedness of legal positivism, understanding of the importance of the moral factor for a man, society and the state. This is a holistic and fascinating study, characterized by the depth of content, variety and brightness of the form.