Politeia
Subtitle: visions of the just society
By: Eric Carlton.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; UNKNO
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Madison, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780838641026
Subjects: Justice -- History.; Social justice -- History.
Description: "This book examines various conceptions of the "just society" from Plato to Postmodernism; from what are regarded as utopian to rationality based systems."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The just society as the ideal society : utopia and utopianism; title: The just society as the ordered society; title: The just society as the chosen society; title: The just society as the spiritual society; title: The just society as the elitist society; title: The just society as the free society; title: The just society as the liberal society; title: The just society as the egalitarian society; title: The just society as the racially pure society; title: The just society as the alternative society; title: The just society as the pacifistic society; title: The just society as the open society; title: The just society as the scientifically rational society; title: The just society as the postmodern society.