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Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism - Marx and Normative Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
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Beyond Liberal Egalitarianism - Marx and Normative Social Theory in the Twenty-First Century (Hardcover)
Series: Historical Materialism Book Series, 142
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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 political
regulation. Building on Marx's legacy, Tony Smith argues in Beyond
Liberal Egalitarianism that advocates of this thesis (Rawls,
Habermas, Stiglitz, et al.) lack an adequate concept of capital and
the state. These theorists also fail to comprehend new developments
in world history ensuring that the 'destructive' aspects of
capitalism increasingly outweigh whatever 'creative' elements it
might continue to possess. Smith concludes that a normative social
theory adequate to the twenty-first century must explicitly and
unequivocally embrace socialism.
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