{"product_id":"why-not-socialism-hardcover","title":"Why Not Socialism? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eG. A. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling case for why it's time for socialism\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use a soccer ball or for fish that they happened to catch. Campers do not give merely to get, but relate to each other in a spirit of equality and community. Would such socialist norms be desirable across society as a whole? Why not? Whole societies may differ from camping trips, but it is still attractive when people treat each other with the equal regard that such trips exhibit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut, however desirable it may be, many claim that socialism is impossible. Cohen writes that the biggest obstacle to socialism isn't, as often argued, intractable human selfishness--it's rather the lack of obvious means to harness the human generosity that is there. Lacking those means, we rely on the market. But there are many ways of confining the sway of the market: there are desirable changes that can move us toward a socialist society in which, to quote Albert Einstein, humanity has \"overcome and advanced beyond the predatory stage of human development.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWhy Not Socialism?\u003c\/i\u003e very elegantly advances philosophical arguments that Cohen has famously developed over the past twenty years, and it does so in a manner that is completely accessible to nonphilosophers. The book brilliantly captures the essence of the socialist ethical complaint against market society. \u003ci\u003eWhy Not Socialism?\u003c\/i\u003e is a very timely book.\"\u003cb\u003e--Hillel Steiner, University of Manchester\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cohen makes out the case for the moral attractiveness of socialism based on the rather homely example of a camping trip. The positive argument of his book is impressive, and there is a rather disarming combination of simplicity of presentation and example with a deep intellectual engagement with the issues. It is very clear that there is an analytically powerful mind at work here.\"\u003cb\u003e--Jonathan Wolff, author of \u003ci\u003eWhy Read Marx Today?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eG. A. Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (1941-2009) was emeritus fellow of All Souls College, University of Oxford. His books include \u003ci\u003eKarl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton), \u003ci\u003eIf You're an Egalitarian, How Come You're So Rich?\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRescuing Justice and Equality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 6.1 x 4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756987875616,"sku":"9780691143613","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b5929b19821890d64568796a0036290.webp?v=1780090987","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/why-not-socialism-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}