Freedom and Equality (Routledge Revivals) : The Moral Basis of Democratic Socialism Hardback
by Keith Dixon
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Unashamedly polemical, this reissue of Freedom & Equality, first published in 1986, presents a strong and persuasively argued case for democratic socialism.
In contrast to many recent books justifying conservatism and varieties of Marxism, Keith Dixon defends the two great principles underpinning democratic socialism – freedom and equality.
He aims both to restore the idea of freedom to its proper place in the political vocabulary of the left and to defend a stark version of freedom as absence of constraint.
Only this version of freedom, he argues, is consistent with the proper defence of civil liberties.
Dixon also defends radical egalitarianism from its critics, who either repudiate its full force or reject it out of hand.
He believes that freedom and equality are potentially realizable socialist goals, that democratic socialism is not necessarily linked with fraternalism, and – above all – that it should be based upon a firm and consistent conception of individuality.
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- Pages:124 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/01/2010
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- ISBN:9780415571029
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:124 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:27/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415571029
