Abstract: Freedom was never far from Laski's mind when he discussed the problems of capitalist democracy, the modern state, and the problems of global injustice. He believed that, as a consequence of the restrictions on democracy in a capitalist-dominated world, the freedom of ordinary people was diminished and devalued. There cannot, he stressed, "be democratic government without equality; and without democratic government there cannot be freedom" (1930a, 204). As I discuss in this chapter, there are signs at various points in his writings which indicate that Laski might, but for his indecision regarding the concept of freedom, have left a distinctive theory of libertarian socialism as a major contribution to political thought.KeywordsEconomic FreedomOrdinary PeopleOrdinary CitizenPolitical LibertyPositive ConceptionThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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