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Equality

The History of an Elusive Idea
  • Darrin M. McMahon
2023
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  • Book Review

    The Surprising Origins and Politics of Equality

    Should equality, instead of another political ideal, should be at the center of our politics?
    by Samuel Moyn via The Nation on August 27, 2024
  • A painting of Napoleon Bonaparte standing in the center of the National Assembly.
    Book Review

    Liberalism and Equality

    Liberalism’s relationship to equality has, his­torically, been far from a warm embrace.
    by Gregory Conti via American Affairs on August 20, 2024
  • A scene from the film Orphans of the Storm depicting a group carrying a sign bearing the slogan “Liberté, Egalité et Fraternité,” 1921.
    Q&A

    The History of Equality: It’s Complicated

    The strange and contradicting development of the liberal version of egalitarianism.
    by Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Darrin M. McMahon via The Nation on November 16, 2023
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