Politics, Volume 1 - False Necessity

Volume 1 of Politics, a work in constructive social theory

This new edition of "False Necessicity" marks the beginning of Verso's reissuing of Unger's major works in political and social thought, first published under the collective title of "Politics".False necessity is the central work in the three-volume series Politics. It presents both a way of explaining society and a program for changing it. The explanation develops a radical alternative to Marxism, showing how we can account for established social arrangements without denying their contingency or our freedom. The program offers a progressive alternative to the now-dominant ideological conceptions of neoliberalism and social democracy: a set of institutional innovations that would democratize markets, deepen democracy and empower individuals.