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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963587603321

Autore

Rosanvallon Pierre <1948->

Titolo

The society of equals / / Pierre Rosanvallon ; translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013

ISBN

9780674727724

067472772X

9780674726444

0674726448

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Classificazione

MS 1300

Disciplina

320.01/1

Soggetti

Democracy

Equality - Sociological aspects

Social structure

Solidarity

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: La société des égaux.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The invention of equality -- The pathologies of equality -- The century of redistribution -- The great reversal -- The society of equals : a preliminary outline.

Sommario/riassunto

Society's wealthiest members claim an ever-expanding share of income and property--a true counterrevolution, says Pierre Rosanvallon, the end of the age of growing equality launched by the American and French revolutions. Just as significant, driving this contemporary inequality has been a loss of faith in the ideal of equality itself.