The History of Ideas
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The History of Ideas

Equality, Justice and Revolution

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eBook - ePub

The History of Ideas

Equality, Justice and Revolution

About this book

THE TIMES BEST IDEAS BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2024 'A splendid book: economical, invigorating and surprising' The Times 'He has that gift, both as a podcaster and as a writer, to illuminate abstruse and abstract ideas with human charm' Observer In this bold new follow-up to Confronting Leviathan, David Runciman unmasks modern politics and reveals the great men and women of ideas behind it.What can Samuel Butler's ideas teach us about the oddity of how we choose to organise our societies? How did Frederick Douglass not only expose the horrors of slavery, but champion a new approach to abolishing it? Why should we tolerate snobbery, betrayal and hypocrisy, as Judith Shklar suggested? And what does Friedrich Nietzsche predict for our future?From Rousseau to Rawls, fascism to feminism and pleasure to anarchy, this is a mind-bending tour through the history of ideas which will forever change your view of politics today.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. 1: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality (1755)
  6. 2: Jeremy Bentham, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1780)
  7. 3: Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom (1855)
  8. 4: Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872)
  9. 5: Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)
  10. 6: Rosa Luxemburg, The Russian Revolution (1918)
  11. 7: Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political (1928/1932)
  12. 8: Joseph Schumpeter, Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy (1942)
  13. 9: Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
  14. 10: John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971)
  15. 11: Robert Nozick, Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974)
  16. 12: Judith Shklar, Ordinary Vices (1984)
  17. Author Biographies
  18. Further Reading
  19. Acknowledgements
  20. Index
  21. Also by David Runciman
  22. Copyright