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Table of contents :
Cover
Dedication
Epigraph
Introduction: The fatal blandishing
I Pericles (495 BC-429 BC) and the invention of democracy
II Jesus (7/2 BC-AD 30/33) and the brotherhood of man
III Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) and the self supreme
IV Adam Smith (1723-90) and the invisible hand
V Edmund Burke (1729-97) and the stickiness of society
VI Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) and the endless revolution
VII Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) and the management of happiness
VIII Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97) and the rights of woman --
and men too IX Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-72) and the religion of nationhoodX Karl Marx (1818-83) and the death of capitalism
XI Mohandas Gandhi (1869-1948) and the non-violent path
XII Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) and the dream of Islam
Finale: In praise of trade-off
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Select Bibliography
Index
Copyright
