
The Spirit of Philadelphia
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Short, punchy and often rousing, The Spirit of Philadelphia describes the worldwide triumph of neoliberalism as once-communist elites turn towards market dogma and the privatization of welfare states. Arguing against the return to social Darwinism, and the bureaucratic embrace of numbers and statistics as ends, Supiot champions the social democratic spirit, hoping for its revival in the wake of the recent crash.
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- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part I: Social Justice Betrayed
- 1. The Holy Union of Communism and Capitalism
- The Neo-Liberal Counterrevolution
- The Metamorphoses of 'Social Europe'
- The Communist Market Economy
- 2. The Privatisation of the Welfare State
- 3. The Total Market
- Darwinian Legal Selection
- The Race to the Bottom in Social Protection
- 4. The Mirage of Quantification
- Governance by Numbers
- The Pitfalls of Self-Reference
- Part II: Achieving Social Justice Today
- 5. The Art of Limits
- The Privatisation of Laws
- The Return of Feudalism
- The Limits of Dependence
- 6. A Sense of Measure
- The Unit of Measure: Social Justice
- A Diversity of Representational Systems: The Practice of Measure
- 7. The Capacity to Act
- 8. The Onus of Responsibility
- 9. Circles of Solidarity
- Notes
- Appendix: The Declaration Of Philadelphia, 10 May 1944
- Declaration Concerning the Aims and Purposes of the International Labour Organisation
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