Author: Jacqueline Solway
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Keywords: history, anthropology, methodology, practice, egalitarianism, theory, politics
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-03
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1845451155
ISBN-13: 9781845451158

This collection of essays, written in honor of prominent anthropologist Richard B Lee, defines a range of persistent problems that deeply affect the majority of the world’s cultures. Lee remains at the forefront of anthropologists concerned with understanding and acting upon issues of indigenous rights, the impact of colonialism and post colonial state formation on local communities and cultures, how and why cultures change, what the history and politics of egalitarian societies reveal about issues of ’human nature’ or ’social evolution,’ and how various peoples a

Authors:Sandra Peart, David M. Levy,
Publisher: University of Michigan Pre
Keywords: analytical, egalitarianism, conversations, philosopher, porter, street
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2008-06-19
List price: $70.00
ISBN-10: 0472116444
ISBN-13: 9780472116447

Adam Smith, asserting the common humanity of the street porter and the philosopher, articulated the classical economists’ model of social interactions as exchanges among equals. This model had largely fallen out of favor until, recently, a number of scholars in the avant-garde of economic thought rediscovered it and rechristened it "analytical egalitarianism." In this volume, Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy bring together an impressive array of authors to explore the ramifications of this analytical ideal and to discuss the ways in which an egalitarian theory of individuality can enabl

Author: Jean-Pierre Gross
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: past, present, publications, practice, egalitarianism, shares, jacobin, fair
Number of Pages: 276
Published: 2003-11-13
List price: $46.00
ISBN-10: 0521526507
ISBN-13: 9780521526500

This revisionist study challenges those readings of the French Revolution that see it as inherently violent and intolerant, often in terms of the Terror alone, and explores the egalitarian policies pursued in the provinces. The mainstream Jacobin agenda held out the promise of "fair shares" and equal opportunities for all in a private ownership market economy. Moreover it sought to achieve social justice without jeopardizing human rights. Thus it tended to complement, rather than undermine, the liberal, individualist program of the Revolution.

Authors:Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Harry Brighouse, Er
Publisher: Verso
Keywords: real, utopias, project, series, markets, states, egalitarianism, new, rules, communities, recasting
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $18.00
ISBN-10: 1859842550
ISBN-13: 9781859842553

Two prominent economists lead a debate to redistribute wealth. In Recasting Egalitarianism, part of Verso’s Real Utopias series, economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis diagnose the current malaise of the Left as a result of the obsolescence of its traditional economic models. They propose to rejuvenate the egalitarian project through a strategy of asset-based redistribution, drawing in novel ways on markets, competition, state regulation and community governance. In this major work on economic and social policy, the authors address the twin challenges posed by a globally integrated

Authors:Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Harry Brighouse, Erik
Publisher: Verso
Keywords: markets, real, utopias, project, states, communities, egalitarianism, new, rules, recasting
Number of Pages: 397
Published: 1999-01
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 185984863X
ISBN-13: 9781859848630

Two prominent economists lead a debate to redistribute wealth. In Recasting Egalitarianism, part of Verso’s Real Utopias series, economists Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis diagnose the current malaise of the Left as a result of the obsolescence of its traditional economic models. They propose to rejuvenate the egalitarian project through a strategy of asset-based redistribution, drawing in novel ways on markets, competition, state regulation and community governance. In this major work on economic and social policy, the authors address the twin challenges posed by a globally integrated