The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism

McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching from Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine through John Stuart Mill to Irving Howe, John Rawls and Charles Mills. An essential book on the tradition of liberal socialism for students, researchers and scholars of political science and humanities.

Autorentext

Matthew McManus is a lecturer in Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. He is the author of The Political Right and Equality (Routledge) and A Critical Legal Examination of Liberalism and Liberal Rights among other books.

Inhalt

Introduction: Retrieving Liberal Socialism 1. What is Liberal Socialism? Part I: The Origins of Liberal Socialism 2. Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity 3. Thomas Paine's Denaturalization of Inequality 4. Mary Wollstonecraft and the Egalitarian Rights of Man and Woman Part II: The Maturation of Liberal Socialism 5. John Stuart Mill-The First Liberal Socialist 6. Karl Marx's Critique of Liberalism 7. Ethical Socialism and Social Democratic Reformism 8. C.B Macpherson's Critique of "Possessive Individualism" 9. John Rawls' Just Society 10. On Racial and Black Radical Liberalism Part III: The Future of Liberal Socialism 11. Chantal Mouffe, Norberto Bobbio, and Axel Honneth-Agonistic Liberal Socialism and the Dialectics of Recognition 12. A Future For Liberal Socialism?