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False necessity

False necessity, or anti-necessitarian social theory, is a contemporary social theory that argues for the plasticity of social organizations and their potential to be shaped in new ways. The theory rejects the assumption that laws of change govern the history of human societies and limit human freedom. It is a critique of "necessitarian" thought in…

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Liberal political theoristsHobbesLockeState of natureEnlightenment thinkers
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Thinkers and opinions

Richard RortyJürgen HabermasSchool of ResentmentBernard Yack
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Development and content

Roberto Mangabeira UngerHuman behavior
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Sources of entrapment and emancipation

Mass politics
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False necessity

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related to Further reading · 18
False necessity → Bernard, False, Its Situation, London, Marx, New York, Nietzsche, Politics, Princeton, Princeton University Press, Roberto Mangabeira, Rousseau, Social Theory, Task, The, Unger, Verso, Yack
related to Development and content · 10
False necessity → Anti-necessitarian, Brazilian, Cambridge University Press, Five, His, It, Marxism, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, The, Verso
related to Thinkers and opinions · 10
False necessity → Bernard Yack, Brazilian, Contemporary, Jürgen Habermas, Kantian, Other, Resentment, Richard Rorty, Roberto Mangabeira Unger, School
related to Radical project · 6
False necessity → At, By, It, That, The, Unger
related to Sources of entrapment and emancipation · 2
False necessity → The, This

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False necessityrelated to Development and contentThe0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentRoberto Mangabeira Unger0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentHis0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentAnti-necessitarian0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentCambridge University Press0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentVerso0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentFive0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentBrazilian0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentIt0.60section
False necessityrelated to Development and contentMarxism0.60section
False necessityrelated to Further readingUnger0.60section
False necessityrelated to Further readingRoberto Mangabeira0.60section

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