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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Shlomo Sand , Robin MackayPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd Imprint: Polity Press Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.80cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781509558247ISBN 10: 1509558241 Pages: 271 Publication Date: 24 November 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Equality as the Great Modern Myth 1. From the Levellers to the Enigma of Rousseau 2. The Revolution, the Terror and the Conspiracy of Equals 3. Utopia as Refuge, from Politics to Chartism 4. Springtime of the Peoples: Paris, Capital of the Nineteenth Century 5. Proudhon, Bakunin and Anarchism as Freedom 6. Marx, Engels and ‘Scientific’ Socialism 7. The Fourth Estate, Between Liberalism and Democracy 8. Confronting Colonialism: The White Socialist’s Burden 9. Nation and Internationalism: Dying for Your Country 10. Lenin and the State: Next to the Spinning Wheel and the Bronze Axe 11. Blackshirts and Brownshirts: Right or Left? 12. Mao and Chinese Communism: ‘A Hundred Flowers’? 13. The Socialist Imaginary in Postcolonial Countries 14. The Welfare State, a Working-Class Triumph? 15. Latin America and Opposition to the ‘Big Stick’ 16. From the Civil Rights Movement to the May ’67 Uprising 17. The Struggle for Gender Equality: The Feminine Mystique 18. The Rust-Belt Proletariat and the Return of Populism 19. Consumption and Ecology: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie A Melancholy Conclusion: Inequality and the PandemicReviews‘This absorbing and thought-provoking book is the richest and most varied account available of the fate of the idea of equality. It will be of great value to anyone interested in one of the core political ideas of the modern world and in the political movements – from the Levellers to the contemporary Left – that have championed it.’ Colin Crouch, University of Warwick ‘This absorbing and thought-provoking book is the richest and most varied account available of the fate of the idea of equality. It will be of great value to anyone interested in one of the core political ideas of the modern world and in the political movements – from the Levellers to the contemporary Left – that have championed it.’ Colin Crouch, University of Warwick ‘A fascinating and very thought-provoking book’ Nick Cohen Author InformationShlomo Sand is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Tel Aviv. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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