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Autore |
Dixon Keith |
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Titolo |
Freedom and equality : the moral basis of democratic socialism / / Keith Dixon |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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1-135-15594-1 |
1-282-97417-3 |
9786612974175 |
0-203-85726-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (75 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Liberty |
Equality |
Socialism |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The idea of freedom; 2 Equality and fraternity; 3 Conclusion: morality and socialism; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Unashamedly polemical, this reissue of Freedom & Equality, first published in 1986, presents a strong and persuasively argued case for democratic socialism. In contrast to many recent books justifying conservatism and varieties of Marxism, Keith Dixon defends the two great principles underpinning democratic socialism - freedom and equality. He aims both to restore the idea of freedom to its proper place in the political vocabulary of the left and to defend a stark version of freedom as absence of constraint. Only this version of freedom, he argues, is consistent with the proper def |
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