The Society of Equals

The Society of Equals
ISBN-10
067472772X
ISBN-13
9780674727724
Category
Philosophy
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2013-11-15
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Author
Pierre Rosanvallon

Description

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.

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