Description
About the Author
Roberto Mangabeira Unger is one of the leading philosophers and political thinkers in the world today. He is also active in Brazilian public life and has served twice as Brazil's Minister of Strategic Affairs, charged with developing initiatives that signal a direction for the country. Verso has published much of his work: in philosophy (The Religion of the Future), in social theory (False Necessity, Social Theory: Its Situation and Its Task, and Plasticity into Power), in political economy (The Knowledge Economy), and in legal theory (What Should Legal Analysis Become?).
Reviews
A restless visionary. * New York Times *
A philosophical mind out of the Third World turning the tables to become a synoptist and seer of the First. -- Perry Anderson
One of the few living philosophers whose thinking has the range of the great philosophers of the past. -- Lee Smolin * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9781781683392
Author Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 286g
Dimensions(mm) 206mm * 133mm * 13mm