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Exploring Political Theory: Liberal Socialism
🕑 Added 2024-10-04 16:14:55 +0000 UTCProfessor and author Matt McManus returns to the show to discuss his newest book, "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism". Together they explore the major themes of the book, hash out the disagreements they have between revolutionary Marxism and democratic socialism, explore critical thinkers like Karl Marx, Thomas Paine, Mary Wollstonecroft, and John Rawls, wrestle with the questions of revolution and communism as the ultimate goal of socialism, and much more.
"Providing a comprehensive critical genealogy of liberal socialism from a sympathetic but critical standpoint, McManus traces its core to the Revolutionary period that catalyzed major divisions in liberal political theory to the French Revolution that saw the emergence of writers like Mary Wollstonecraft and Thomas Paine who argued that liberal principles could only be inadequately instantiated in a society with high levels of material and social inequality to John Stuart Mill, the first major thinker who declared himself a liberal and a socialist and who made major contributions to both traditions through his efforts to synthesize and conciliate them."
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Comments
Nick
Wouldn't the dust bowl be considered an American famine? Famines can occur from natural conditions (which of course can be exacerbated by humans). It's a weird line of argument that democracy = no famine ever.
Gabriel Alvarado
My family has been trying to guilt trip me into voting for Kamala because “women’s rights” are on the line…. They tell me I’m privileged to be able to not vote and I should feel guilty for it. I told them it’s a privilege not to be bombed with someone else’s tax dollars. I truly can’t take these liberals anymore
