False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracy

By Roberto Mangabeira Unger

Book Overview

False necessity is the central work in the three-volume series Politics. It presents both a way of explaining society and a program for changing it. The explanation develops a radical alternative to Marxism, showing how we can account for established social arrangements without denying their contingency or our freedom. The program offers a progressive alternative to the now-dominant ideological conceptions of neoliberalism and social democracy: a set of institutional innovations that would democratize markets, deepen democracy and empower individuals.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185984331X
• ISBN13: 9781859843314
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 792 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 5.5" x 8.7"