C.B. Macpherson
Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism
| Author: | William Leiss | ISBN: | 9780773582996 |
| Publisher: | MQUP | Publication: | April 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | MQUP | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Leiss |
| ISBN: | 9780773582996 |
| Publisher: | MQUP |
| Publication: | April 1, 2009 |
| Imprint: | MQUP |
| Language: | English |
Focusing on two key themes - property and the state - Leiss tracks Macpherson's analysis of the contradictions of liberal-democracy through all of his writings, beginning with his 1935 M.A. thesis supervised by Harold Laski at LSE. His concluding chapter critically examines the core of Macpherson's political philosophy - the distinction between extractive and developmental powers - against the background of social change in the democracies of the West in the period since the end of the Second World War.
Focusing on two key themes - property and the state - Leiss tracks Macpherson's analysis of the contradictions of liberal-democracy through all of his writings, beginning with his 1935 M.A. thesis supervised by Harold Laski at LSE. His concluding chapter critically examines the core of Macpherson's political philosophy - the distinction between extractive and developmental powers - against the background of social change in the democracies of the West in the period since the end of the Second World War.
