Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism : : Marx and Normative Social Theory in the Twenty-first Century / / By Tony Smith.

Progressive theorists and activists insist that contemporary capitalism is deeply flawed from a normative point of view. However, most accept the liberal egalitarian thesis that the serious shortcomings of market societies (financial excess, inequality, and so on) could be overcome with proper polit...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2017]
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Historical Materialism Book Series 142.
Physical Description:1 online resource (389 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Preface
  • Liberal Egalitarianism
  • Towards a Liberal Egalitarian Normative Theory of Institutions
  • Misunderstandings, False Starts, Further Questions
  • The Beginning Level of Marxian Theory
  • Marx’s Concept of Capital
  • Human Flourishing and the Structural Tendencies of Capitalism
  • A Liberal Egalitarian Response to the Marxian Challenge
  • Towards a Marxian Theory of ‘The Political’
  • Competing Perspectives on Neoliberalism
  • Two Modified Versions of Liberal Egalitarianism
  • Modified Liberal Egalitarianism and the Present Moment in World History
  • Property-Owning Democracy: A Liberal Egalitarianism beyond Capitalism?
  • Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.