The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism - Couverture rigide

Levine, Andrew

 
9780521443227: The General Will: Rousseau, Marx, Communism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521443229 ISBN 13 : 9780521443227
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This bold and unabashedly utopian book advances the thesis that Marx's notion of communism is a defensible, normative ideal. However, unlike many others who have written in this area, Levine applies the tools and techniques of analytic philosophy to formulate and defend his radical, political programme. The argument proceeds by filtering the ideals and institutions of Marxism through Rousseau's notion of the 'general will'. Once Rousseau's ideas are properly understood it is possible to construct a community of equals who share some vision of a common good that can be achieved and maintained through cooperation or coordination that is at once both voluntary and authoritative. The book engages with liberal theory in order to establish its differences from Rousseauean-Marxian political theory. This provocative book will be of particular interest to political philosophers and political scientists concerned with Marxism, socialist theory and democratic theory.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This bold and unabashedly utopian book advances the thesis that Marx's notion of communism is a defensible, normative ideal. However, unlike many others who have written in this area, Levine applies the tools and techniques of analytic philosophy to formulate and defend his radical, political programme. The argument proceeds by filtering the ideals and institutions of Marxism through Rousseau's notion of the 'general will'. Once Rousseau's ideas are properly understood it is possible to construct a community of equals who share some vision of a common good that can be achieved and maintained through cooperation or coordination that is at once both voluntary and authoritative. The book engages with liberal theory in order to establish its differences from Rousseauean-Marxian political theory. This provocative book will be of particular interest to political philosophers and political scientists concerned with Marxism, socialist theory and democratic theory.

Revue de presse

Review of the hardback: '... unrelentingly intelligent and innovative ... What gives this book its particular quality is the author's consistently sensible dealing with important and controversial questions, his ability to shape difficult claims persuasively to the argument in hand.' Alan Gilbert, University of Denver

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521443229
ISBN 13 
9780521443227
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521062282: The General Will: Rousseau, Marx,: Rousseau, Marx, Communism

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521062284 ISBN 13 :  9780521062282
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008
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