Roberto Mangabeira Unger

A radical re-envisioning of the human condition

'It will be read and re-read not as a treatise but as a story: one of the most extraordinary that has ever been written of the origins of Western

Confronting major debates about national alternatives and alternative globalizations, this book shows that there are a set of changes that we can begi

Roberto Mangabeira Unger proposes a radical reorientation of established ideas about nature, mind, society, politics, and religion. The Self Awakened

Free Trade Reimagined begins with a sustained criticism of the heart of the emerging world economy, the theory and practice of free trade. Roberto Man

This text argues for the reconstruction of the discipline of legal analysis. Tying legal analysis to the study of democracy, it criticizes the dominan

This new edition of "False Necessicity" marks the beginning of Verso's reissuing of Unger's major works in political and social thought, first publish

Originally published in three volumes in 1987, this book is a selection of the key texts, collected together in a single volume. It presents an explan

Unger pursues this topic through wide-ranging historical inquiries into the European escape from the recurring crises that foreclosed political and ec

Unger argues that the disappointment of so many liberal and socialist hopes coexists with unforeseen opportunities to advance progressive commitments.

Critical legal studies is the most important development in progressive thinking about law of the past half century. It has inspired the practice of l

Adam Smith and Karl Marx recognized that the best way to understand the economy is to study the most advanced practice of production. Today that pract

How can we live in such a way that we die only once? How can we organize a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinven

How can we live in such a way that we die only once? How can we organise a society that gives us a better chance to be fully alive? How can we reinven

Challenges the ideological dominance of neo-liberalism, which insists that all countries must converge in their acceptance of the dictates of market "

Revolutionary account of the transformative potential of the knowledge economy A revolutionary practice of production--the knowledge economy--has emer

Humanity faces grave dangers that can be avoided only by international cooperation.

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