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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank Lovett |
ISBN: | 9780199672998 0199672997 |
OCLC Number: | 954504567 |
Notes: | Originally published: 2010. |
Awards: | Winner of Winner of the APSA Foundations of Political Theory: First Book Award 2011. |
Description: | x, 273 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Introduction -- Social relationships and dependency -- The imbalance of power conception -- Arbitrariness and social conventions -- Domination and human flourishing -- Domination and justice -- Applications of minimizing domination -- Conclusion. |
Responsibility: | Frank Lovett. |
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Review from previous edition It is surprising that a phenomenon of such obvious political and ethical significance as domination has largely escaped comprehensive analysis in the modern debate. As the title of Frank Lovett's book suggests, however, he aims to do something about this unfortunate fact. The result is a well researched and well argued book that deserves attention...Lovett has thrown much needed light on a politically and morally consequentialmatter, and produced a work of impressive comprehensiveness in the process. Political philosophers and theorists will find much to engage with. * The Philosophical Quarterly * Read more...

