# State and Society, Part 1

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/state-and-society-part-1>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** August 3, 2016

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George H. Smith discusses some preliminary issues involved in the classic libertarian distinction between the spheres of “state” and “society.”

[Originally published in essay form on December 3, 2013.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/state-society-part-1)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._