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Reinventing the State: The Freedom of Creation is a philosophical-political manifesto for a society that dares to move beyond survival, power, and fear. In an age marked by anxiety, polarization, and institutional exhaustion, this book asks a radical question: What if the purpose of the State were not to control society, but to protect the conditions of human creation? This book argues that the crisis of our time is not economic or technological - it is existential. Societies organized around survival, power, and fear inevitably collapse into corruption, polarization, and meaninglessness. The solution is not more control, but a reinvention of the State itself. Drawing on political philosophy, economics, ethics, and a quiet spiritual undertone, Ioannis Staikouras proposes a new social architecture grounded in dignity rather than coercion. A society where survival is guaranteed, justice is accessible, markets reward creation without capturing power, and power is restrained by meaning. A dignity-based society where citizens govern through deliberation rather than spectacle. The book introduces: A dignity-based economic floor that frees citizens from survival anxiety A State without a ruling caste, governed through citizen assemblies and judicial legitimacy Unlimited access to health, learning, and legal protection Markets that reward creation without allowing wealth to capture law or power Security institutions bound by law, legitimacy, and proportionality A civic culture rooted in responsibility, truth, and stewardship Blending rigorous institutional design with allegorical storytelling, Reinventing the State is not a utopia, nor a technocratic blueprint. It is a manifesto for civic adulthood - a call to redesign our institutions so that freedom becomes ordinary and creation becomes inevitable. This book is for readers who believe that politics can still speak to the human spirit - and that societies can be organized not around fear, but around meaning. If you are searching for: the future of democracy, alternatives to capitalism and socialism, political philosophy for the 21st century, or a manifesto for dignity and freedom, this book was written for you.

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