Oct 4, 2024
Professor 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
Wollstonecraft, 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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Outro Song: "Best of All Possible Worlds" by Ajj feat: Kool Keith & Kimya Dawson
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