In times of pandemic and global economic crisis, little more than a decade after the last, there are serious questions about how the liberal order can stand, who its friends are, and what the future will look like. This edited collection provides a comprehensive overview of the principles and stakes at play in the dispute between liberalism and socialism. It explores the 21st century appeal of socialism, particularly to millennials and other relatively young citizens, and shows why modern classical liberalism and neoliberalism have generated tepid support, leading to the resurgence of socialism after it was thought dead and buried due to the dramatic failures of statist models in 1989.
The authors put modern socialism and liberalism into renewed dialogue with another to examine whether the two can coexist peacefully, or even reach an overlapping consensus on social reform going forward. It delves into the history and theory of both liberalism and socialism to determine points of overlap and tension, in addition to a cross-disciplinary interpretive analysis of the present epoch to determine how both traditions have evolved since the 20th century. The book is interdisciplinary and provides a broad array of perspectives including a diversity of ideological perspectives ranging from committed Marxists to libertarians. It will be of interest to academics and students in economics and contemporary political culture.
Introduction (Matthew McManus).- Part 1: Law and Rights in Contemporary
Liberalism and Socialism.
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2. What Does It Mean To Say All Are
Created Equal?: Liberalism And Socialism On Basic Rights (Matthew McManus).-
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3. The Identity Thesis, Basic Structure, and Constitutional
Statecraft in Malaysian Courts (Ratna Rueban Balasubramaniam).
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4.
Apostle of Progress, Harbinger of Hope: John Stuart Mill and the British
Political Tradition (Richard Mullender).- Part 2: The Political Theory of
Liberalism and Socialism in the 21st Century.
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5. Can Socialism Allow
Open Borders? (Jason Brennan and Chris Freiman).
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6. Marx was a
(Philosophical) Liberal and You Should be Too (Ben Burgis).
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7. The
Social Empowerment of Equal Chances: Sortition as a Democratic Bridge Between
Liberalism and Socialism (Victor Bruzzone).- Part 3: Liberalism, Socialism,
and Culture.
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8. Disambiguating Critical Theory(Aaron Hanlon).-
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9. From Liberal to Leftist Ecopolitics: Searching for Common Ground
between Capitalism and Climate (Erik Tate).
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10. Woke Capital: The
Stifling of Creativity and Innovation Under Liberalism (Shalon van Tine).-
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11. The Liberal Media Would Rather Support a Populist Than a
Socialist (Peter Milonas).
Matthew McManus is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics at Whitman College, Washington, USA. He is the author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and Making Human Dignity Central to International Human Rights Law amongst other books.
