After Socialism

Twelve philosophers, historians, and political philosophers assess aspects of socialism in the context of its recent reversals. Some essays examine the moral and political values that made socialism appealing to intellectuals, or evaluate whether aspects of socialism should be preserved, such as its quest for equality and community. Others examine whether free-market systems need to be further modified in response to ongoing socialist critiques or attest to the continuing validity of socialism by suggesting ways in which it may still have a productive future.

• Frontmatter: Read PDF

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• Contents: Read PDF

  pp. v-vi

• Introduction: Read PDF

  pp. vii-xv

• Acknowledgments: Read PDF

  pp. xvi-xvi

• Contributors: Read PDF

  pp. xvii-xx

• Can There Be an “After Socialism”?: Read PDF

  pp. 1-17

• The Cultural Contradictions of Socialism: Read PDF

  pp. 18-37

• The Idol of History: Read PDF

  pp. 38-58

• Backwards into the Future: Neorepublicanism as a Postsocialist Critique of Market Society: Read PDF

  pp. 59-91

• What's Left of the Welfare State?: Read PDF

  pp. 92-112

• The Roots and Rationale of Social Democracy: Read PDF

  pp. 113-144

• An Interpretation and Defense of the Socialist Principle of Distribution: Read PDF

  pp. 145-177

• Some Feasible Alternatives to Conventional Capitalism: Read PDF

  pp. 178-203

• After Socialism: Mutualism and a Progressive Market Strategy: Read PDF

  pp. 204-222

• Sovereignty, Commerce, and Cosmopolitanism: Lessons from Early America for the Future of the World: Read PDF

  pp. 223-246

• Beyond Fear and Greed?: Read PDF

  pp. 247-277

• Liberalism's Divide, After Socialism and Before: Read PDF

  pp. 278-298

• INDEX: Read PDF

  pp. 299-305

• Additional Materials