False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical DemocracyVolume 1 of Politics, a work in constructive social theory. Newly available, the complete work of Politicsa program for a comprehensive progressive alternative to the dominant ideologies of social democracy and neo-liberalismfrom one of the worlds leading social and political thinkers. False necessity is the central theme 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. For this new edition, Unger has written a comprehensive introduction that explores the limits of our understanding of society and our practice of politics, and reconsiders proposals contained in the book as special cases of a larger family of untried political possibilities. |
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Contents
I | xvii |
II | xxx |
III | lvii |
IV | lxxviii |
V | lxxxii |
VI | lxxxvi |
VII | xci |
VIII | xcvi |
CIV | 282 |
CV | 288 |
CVII | 290 |
CVIII | 294 |
CIX | 302 |
CX | 305 |
CXII | 312 |
CXIII | 315 |
IX | cxv |
X | 1 |
XI | 2 |
XII | 8 |
XIII | 11 |
XIV | 14 |
XV | 19 |
XVI | 31 |
XVII | 32 |
XVIII | 33 |
XIX | 37 |
XX | 41 |
XXI | 44 |
XXIV | 49 |
XXV | 51 |
XXVII | 55 |
XXVIII | 58 |
XXIX | 61 |
XXX | 66 |
XXXI | 68 |
XXXIII | 69 |
XXXIV | 70 |
XXXV | 71 |
XXXVI | 75 |
XXXVII | 79 |
XXXVIII | 82 |
XXXIX | 87 |
XL | 88 |
XLI | 92 |
XLII | 95 |
XLIII | 96 |
XLIV | 100 |
XLVI | 107 |
XLVII | 115 |
XLVIII | 125 |
XLIX | 128 |
L | 130 |
LI | 133 |
LII | 135 |
LIV | 136 |
LV | 138 |
LVI | 140 |
LVII | 144 |
LVIII | 147 |
LIX | 149 |
LX | 151 |
LXI | 154 |
LXIII | 158 |
LXIV | 161 |
LXV | 164 |
LXVI | 165 |
LXVII | 169 |
LXIX | 170 |
LXX | 172 |
LXXI | 176 |
LXXII | 180 |
LXXIII | 183 |
LXXIV | 187 |
LXXV | 192 |
LXXVI | 195 |
LXXVII | 198 |
LXXVIII | 200 |
LXXIX | 204 |
LXXX | 207 |
LXXXI | 209 |
LXXXII | 211 |
LXXXIII | 213 |
LXXXIV | 217 |
LXXXV | 221 |
LXXXVI | 223 |
LXXXVII | 228 |
LXXXVIII | 230 |
XCI | 232 |
XCII | 234 |
XCIII | 241 |
XCIV | 246 |
XCV | 251 |
XCVI | 254 |
XCVIII | 256 |
XCIX | 263 |
C | 269 |
CII | 275 |
CIII | 277 |
CXV | 319 |
CXVI | 320 |
CXVII | 322 |
CXVIII | 324 |
CXIX | 327 |
CXX | 332 |
CXXII | 337 |
CXXIII | 341 |
CXXIV | 347 |
CXXV | 350 |
CXXVI | 355 |
CXXVII | 362 |
CXXVIII | 364 |
CXXIX | 365 |
CXXX | 368 |
CXXXIII | 373 |
CXXXV | 377 |
CXXXVIII | 379 |
CXXXIX | 384 |
CXL | 389 |
CXLI | 391 |
CXLII | 395 |
CXLIV | 397 |
CXLVI | 401 |
CXLVII | 407 |
CXLVIII | 411 |
CXLIX | 415 |
CL | 420 |
CLI | 424 |
CLII | 430 |
CLIII | 432 |
CLV | 436 |
CLVI | 441 |
CLVII | 444 |
CLVIII | 449 |
CLX | 454 |
CLXII | 457 |
CLXIII | 461 |
CLXIV | 462 |
CLXV | 474 |
CLXVI | 476 |
CLXVII | 480 |
CLXIX | 491 |
CLXXI | 493 |
CLXXII | 494 |
CLXXIII | 497 |
CLXXIV | 500 |
CLXXV | 501 |
CLXXVI | 502 |
CLXXVII | 506 |
CLXXVIII | 508 |
CLXXIX | 511 |
CLXXX | 513 |
CLXXXI | 520 |
CLXXXII | 524 |
CLXXXIII | 530 |
CLXXXIV | 535 |
CLXXXV | 539 |
CLXXXVI | 540 |
CLXXXVII | 546 |
CLXXXVIII | 550 |
CLXXXIX | 556 |
CXC | 560 |
CXCI | 563 |
CXCII | 564 |
CXCIII | 566 |
CXCIV | 570 |
CXCV | 572 |
CXCVI | 575 |
CXCVII | 581 |
CXCVIII | 585 |
CXCIX | 589 |
CC | 590 |
CCI | 592 |
CCII | 597 |
CCIII | 598 |
CCIV | 599 |
CCV | 600 |
CCVI | 602 |
CCVII | 604 |
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