9780801435430 - Rethinking Liberal Equality: from a Utopian Point of View by Levine, Andrew (5 results)

Hardcover. Top corner of rear cover and last few pages slightly bumped; "non returnable" stamped on front endpaper; otherwise very good condition in very good dust jacket. ]. 140p.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Publisher's hardback in better than very good condition: firm and square, strong joints. Complete with original dustjacket, not showing any tears or chips. Contents tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. For over 25 years, academic political philosophy has been dominated by strains of liberal theory shaped decisively by John Rawls' investigations of distributive justice and political legitimacy. By intervening sympathetically yet critically in several ongoing debates initiated by Rawls' work, the author of this text suggests the possibility of a supra-liberal egalitarian political philosophy which incorporates the insights of recent developments in liberal theory, while reinvigorating the political vision of the historical Left. Taking current discussions about justice, equality and political neutrality as his points of departure, Levine suggests the need to rethink mainstream liberal understandings of equality and related notions. The rethinking he proposes lends support, ultimately, for a vision of ideal social and political arrangements of a kind intimated, though only barely sketched, in the work of Rousseau and Marx - a vision which, not long ago, was widely endorsed, but that now is almost everywhere regarded as hopelessly Utopian. In marked opposition to the reigning consensus view, Levine argues that after compelling liberal concerns are taken into consideration, the vision of ideal social and political arrangements which motivated generations of progressive thinkers and political actors is anything but Utopian and remains as timely today as ever. This vision, Levine insists, is indispensable for curing contemporary liberalism of its tendency to acquiesce in a status quo that is ultimately at odds with democratic, egalitarian and even liberal values.