In the twentieth century there were two great political and social paradigms, the liberal-democratic and the libertarian (in its various socialist, anarchist, and communist delineations). The central idea of the first approach is isonomy: the exclusion of any discrimination on the basis that legal rights are afforded equally to all people. The central idea of the second approach is rather to acknowledge and address a broader spectrum of known inequalities. Such an approach, Bellanca argues, allows the pursuit of pluralism as well as a more realistic and complex view of what equality is. Here he analyzes the main economic and political institutions of an isocratic society, and in so doing, effectively outlines how a utopian society can be structurally and anthropologically realized.This book is ideal reading for an audience interested in the critique of contemporary capitalism through a renewed perspective of democratic socialism and leftist libertarianism. Nicolò Bellanca is Associate Professor of Development Economics at the University of Florence, Italy. He is the author of a broad array of scholarly articles, books and textbooks about both the history of economic thought and development economics. His current research focuses on the theory of institutional change.
Autorius: | Nicolò Bellanca |
Serija: | Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism |
Leidėjas: | Springer Nature Switzerland |
Išleidimo metai: | 2019 |
Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 220 |
ISBN-10: | 3030006948 |
ISBN-13: | 9783030006945 |
Formatas: | Knyga kietu viršeliu |
Kalba: | Anglų |
Žanras: | Social and political philosophy |
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