Isocracy. The Institutions of Equality

Foreword......Page 6
Contents......Page 9
List of Figures......Page 10
List of Boxes......Page 11
1	What Is the Aim of a Good Place to Live?......Page 13
2	Power as the Fundamental Motivation......Page 16
3	Power Is a Sure Cost for Those Who Are Subject to It and an Uncertain Change for Those Who Hold It......Page 20
4	Complex Equality and Simplicity of Power......Page 25
5	Distributive Justice and Political Justice......Page 32
6	From Power Distribution to Power Production......Page 35
7	Isocracy as a Coherent and Sustainable Ideal......Page 39
References......Page 45
Abstract......Page 48
1	Premise......Page 49
2	Cooperative Controlled by Shares (Labour–Capital Partnership)......Page 50
3	The Social Dividend......Page 57
4	The Common Goods Sector......Page 60
5	The Social Salary......Page 63
6	Currency and Money......Page 68
7	The Redistribution of Working, Care, Leisure, Creativity and Politics Times......Page 73
8	Socialisation and Investment Planning......Page 85
9	Taxation on Income and Wealth......Page 89
10	The Transformation of the Positional Competition......Page 92
11	Drawing Conclusions......Page 95
References......Page 96
Abstract......Page 101
1	Representative Democracy and Radical Conflicts......Page 102
2	From Representative Democracy to Political Isocracy......Page 111
3	Institutions Based on Reputation of Impartiality......Page 116
4	The Institutions of Distributed Power......Page 122
5	The Institutions of Power-Sharing......Page 127
6	Partisans Institutions......Page 128
7	Federalist Institutions......Page 133
8	Drawing Conclusions......Page 148
References......Page 149
Abstract......Page 156
1	Premise......Page 157
2	Passions as Foundation of the Human Condition......Page 159
3	From Passions to Needs and Emotions......Page 170
4	The Capitalist Removal of (Hot) Passions......Page 176
5	Power to the Imagination......Page 182
6	Conflictual Passions......Page 185
7	Drawing Conclusions......Page 189
References......Page 190
Abstract......Page 195
References......Page 205
Index......Page 207