Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy write by S.M. Amadae. This book was released on 2003-09-15. Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy, S. M. Amadae tells the remarkable story of how rational choice theory rose from obscurity to become the intellectual bulwark of capitalist democracy. Amadae roots Rationalizing Capitalist Democracy in the turbulent post-World War II era, showing how rational choice theory grew out of the RAND Corporation's efforts to develop a "science" of military and policy decisionmaking. But while the first generation of rational choice theorists—William Riker, Kenneth Arrow, and James Buchanan—were committed to constructing a "scientific" approach to social science research, they were also deeply committed to defending American democracy from its Marxist critics. Amadae reveals not only how the ideological battles of the Cold War shaped their ideas but also how those ideas may today be undermining the very notion of individual liberty they were created to defend.
Prisoners of Reason
Prisoners of Reason - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of Reason write by S. M. Amadae. This book was released on 2016-01-14. Prisoners of Reason available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Using the theory of Prisoner's Dilemma, Prisoners of Reason explores how neoliberalism departs from classic liberalism and how it rests on game theory.
Prisoners of Reason
Prisoners of Reason - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of Reason write by S. M. Amadae. This book was released on 2016-01-14. Prisoners of Reason available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is capitalism inherently predatory? Must there be winners and losers? Is public interest outdated and free-riding rational? Is consumer choice the same as self-determination? Must bargainers abandon the no-harm principle? Prisoners of Reason recalls that classical liberal capitalism exalted the no-harm principle. Although imperfect and exclusionary, modern liberalism recognized individual human dignity alongside individuals' responsibility to respect others. Neoliberalism, by contrast, views life as ceaseless struggle. Agents vie for scarce resources in antagonistic competition in which every individual seeks dominance. This political theory is codified in non-cooperative game theory; the neoliberal citizen and consumer is the strategic rational actor. Rational choice justifies ends irrespective of means. Money becomes the medium of all value. Solidarity and good will are invalidated. Relationships are conducted on a quid pro quo basis. However, agents can freely opt out of this cynical race to the bottom by embracing a more expansive range of coherent action.
The Enduring Tension
The Enduring Tension - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Enduring Tension write by Donald J. Devine. This book was released on 2021-01-26. The Enduring Tension available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Western civilization fashioned a capitalism that created a worldwide economic cornucopia and higher standards of living than any other system, yet its legitimacy is often questioned by its beneficiaries. Boston University Emeritus Professor Angelo M. Codevilla, proclaims Donald Devine’s The Enduring Tension between Capitalism and the Moral Order, “the best answer to this question since Adam Smith’s. Like Smith, Devine shows the mutually sustaining nature of morality and economic freedom, and provides a much-needed clearing away of the confusion with which recent authors have befogged this essential relationship.” Devine begins with Karl Marx setting capitalism’s roots in feudalism and the implications of that traditionalist inheritance, finally transformed by Rousseau’s “Christian heresy,” which turned the vision of heavenly perfection into an impossibly perfect ideal for earthly society. To unravel this capitalist enigma, Devine identifies the roots of the confusion, critiques the rationalized responses, and identifies the remedy—the revival of an historical Lockean pluralism able to fuse a moral scaffolding sufficient to hold the walls and preserve the best of capitalist civilization.
Represent and Destroy
Represent and Destroy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Represent and Destroy write by Jodi Melamed. This book was released on 2011-11-15. Represent and Destroy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A stinging critique of the link between global capitalism and U.S. multiculturalisms
