False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracy

False necessity is the central work in the three-volume series Politics. It presents both a way of explaining society and a program for changing it. The explanation develops a radical alternative to Marxism, showing how we can account for established social arrangements without denying their contingency or our freedom. The program offers a progressive alternative to the now-dominant ideological conceptions of neoliberalism and social democracy: a set of institutional innovations that would democratize markets, deepen democracy and empower individuals.

Author: Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Verso
Published: 11/17/2004
Series: Politics
Pages: 792
Weight: 2.42lbs
Size: 8.74h x 5.46w x 1.87d
ISBN: 9781859843314