Andrew Levine

The American Ideology (eBook, ePUB)

A Critique

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The American Ideology" explicates and criticizes two notions of reason in society: efficiency and the concept of "the reasonable." Despite their considerable appeal, these notions nowadays underwrite an orientation towards public policy that is both inadequate and beneficial to elite interests; an orientation that constitutes a distinct "American Ideology." To make this case, Levine traces the history of the concept of efficiency, from Hobbes, through the utilitarian tradition, to contemporary economic and philosophical paradigms; and examines the strengths and weaknesses of the democratic theory implicit in John Rawls's pioneering work on justice and political legitimacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135942847
• Artikelnr.: 44863554

Autorenporträt

Andrew Levine is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of many books, including Engaging Political Philosophy (2001) and A Future for Marxism? (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Foreword INTRODUCTION Left, Right and Center The American Ideology
A Democratic Alternative 1. REASON The Idea of Reason The Death of Socrates
Is Reason Bad for the Oppressed? 2. IDEOLOGY Natural Selection The Spirit
of Capitalism The Protestant Ethic An Optimal Ethic Weber's Lead 3.
MEANS-ENDS RATIONALITY The Individual and Society The New Science Hobbesian
Sovereignty Optimality Utilitarianism Efficiency Macro-Level Consequences
of Micro-Level Choices 4. THE INVISIBLE HAND Smith Was (Partly) Right
Market Socialism Information Deficits Shades of Hayek Externalities Market
Incompetences Competition Economies of Scale 5. EFFICIENCY AS IDEOLOGY
Efficiency and the Soviet Model Problems of Planned Economies Market
Solutions? Efficiency Reified Who Benefits? A Vicious Circle 6. THE
REASONABLE Liberalism From Tolerance to Neutrality The Neutral and the
Reasonable Social Unity Reasonableness 7. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY Collective
Choice Rousseauean Theories Proceduralism Rousseau Without the General Will
Implementation Must We Retract Democracy In Order to Save It? 8. WHICH WAY
FORWARD? Deweyan Reconstruction Democratizing the Economic Sphere
Reconstructing Rawls What Is To Be Done?