Overview
In this book, Carol Gould offers a fundamental reconsideration of the theory of democracy, arguing that democratic decision-making should apply not only to politics but also to economic and social life. Professor Gould redefines traditional concepts of freedom and social equality, and proposes a principle of Equal Positive Freedom in which individual freedom and social co-operation are seen to be compatible. Reformulating basic conceptions of property, authority, economic justice and human rights, the author suggests a number of ways in which these principles could be realised in social institutions. She also discusses such issues as democratic control of technology, the nature of democratic personality, and the question of democracy in international relations.
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Author: Carol C. Gould (Professor of Philosophy and Political Science)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Imprint: Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN: 9781139172097
ISBN 10: 1139172093
Publication Date: 05 June 2021
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Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
' ... she present her case with muted words and moderate arguments, not only taking time to consider rival theories of democracy, but stating them as lucidly and attractively as their original exponents , and sometimes even more so. A more impartial and fair-minded advocate it would be hard to find ... no reader can fail to be impressed by the intellectual rigour of her presentation and the charm of her style.' Maurice Cranston, The Times Literary Supplement In an era when political orthodoxies of East and West seem increasingly artificial and brittle, this volume is aptly timed to transcend capitalism and socialism...[Gould] centers her thesis on a conception of positive freedom as self-development and social individualism as individuals-in-relations...The book's major import is a philosophical defense of workers' self-management, but human rights, control of technology, and other timely topics are also subjected to enlightening scrutiny. A.B. Cochran, Choice ...an important contribution to political theory...extremely clearly and coherently organized and written, very easy to follow... Robert Wolff ...No reader can fail to be impressed by the intellectual rigour of her presentation and the charm of her style. Maurice Cranston, Times Literary Supplement Carol Gould offers an important and ambitious defense of equal positive freedom as the proper normative grounding for the primacy of democracy in social and political life...makes an important contribution to our understanding of freedom and its implications for democracy within the context of contemporary social and political life. Larry M.Preston, American Political Science Review This book is a significant addition to the growing field of social and political philosophy...she presents us with a stimulating, original and in many ways compelling discussion of the claims that individuals can legitimately make against society simply by being human. Joseph L. Walsh, Socialism and Democracy
' ... she present her case with muted words and moderate arguments, not only taking time to consider rival theories of democracy, but stating them as lucidly and attractively as their original exponents , and sometimes even more so. A more impartial and fair-minded advocate it would be hard to find ... no reader can fail to be impressed by the intellectual rigour of her presentation and the charm of her style.' Maurice Cranston, The Times Literary Supplement
This book is a significant addition to the growing field of social and political philosophy...she presents us with a stimulating, original and in many ways compelling discussion of the claims that individuals can legitimately make against society simply by being human. Joseph L. Walsh, Socialism and Democracy
Author Information
Carol C. Gould is Professor of Philosophy and Political Science and Director of the Center for Global Ethics & Politics at Temple University. She is also Editor of the Journal of Social Philosophy, President of the American Section of the International Society for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy and Executive Director of the Society for Philosophy and Public Affairs. She has been a Fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. and a Fulbright Senior Scholar in France, has held the Fulbright Florence Chair at the European University Institute, and has received fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation. Gould is the author of Marx's Social Ontology (MIT, 1978), Rethinking Democracy (Cambridge, 1988), and Globalizing Democracy and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2004), the editor of seven books including Women and Philosophy, Beyond Domination, The Information Web, Cultural Identity and the Nation-State, and Gender, and has published over sixty articles in social and political philosophy, feminist theory, and applied ethics.
