Freedom and equality : the moral basis of democratic socialism / Keith Dixon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dixon, Keith.

Series:

Routledge revivals.

Routledge revivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Equality.

Socialism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

First published in 1986 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-15594-1

1-282-97417-3

9786612974175

0-203-85726-7

9780203857267

OCLC:

609845508