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'This fascinating and refreshing book is more necessary than ever. A must-read'
'This fascinating and refreshing book is more necessary than ever. A must-read'
'Fascinating'
'An important examination of the past, present, and future of a key concept of political thinking'
'This is an essential book for thinking about the most pressing issues of our time. We instinctively react against inequality yet have confused and conflicting ideas about how to make equality a reality. McMahon explains why equality remains so elusive'
'Darrin McMahon once again delivers a brilliant intellectual history of one of humanity's most important and least understood ideas. Sweeping, incisive, and provocative, Equality is nothing short of a masterpiece'
'A landmark work of intellectual history ... This book is deeply researched, tightly argued and sparklingly written. It ought to be read by anyone interested in equality, and also anyone interested in people, history, God, politics, religion, nationalism, war or love'
'In this ambitious book, McMahon places equality at the center of human history, showing us how elastic and unruly the concept is and illustrating struggles over its meaning continue to be central touchstones for our contemporary moment. This intellectual and political history is a critical resource in our age of inequality'
'McMahon's Equality is a magisterial and path-breaking history of the dialectic of equality and inequality, which has always been and remains today indispensable to understand the history of humanity'
'McMahon's Equality is a remarkable book full of penetrating insights, good humor, and hard truths'
'McMahon's book is a rare general study of the topic... Sweeping and discerning'
'A meticulous and thoughtful account'
Darrin M. McMahon is the David W. Little Class of 1944 Professor of History at Dartmouth College, and the author of Happiness: A History and Divine Fury: A History of Genius.