The Society of Equals |
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| Author:
| Rosanvallon, Pierre |
| Translator:
| Goldhammer, Arthur |
| ISBN: | 978-0-674-72459-4 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2013 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $44.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.