C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism, Second Edition
William Leiss, "C.B. Macpherson: Dilemmas of Liberalism and Socialism, Second Edition"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0773535675, 0773535276 | PDF | pages: 168 | 7.7 mb
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0773535675, 0773535276 | PDF | pages: 168 | 7.7 mb
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.