Joseph H. Carens is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Equality, Moral Incentives and the Market.

• Acknowledgments Chapter 1 Possessive Individualism and Democratic Theory: Macpherson's LegacyJoseph H. Carens Chapter 2 The Possessive Individualism Thesis: A Reconsideration in the Light of Recent ScholarshipJames Tully Chapter 3 Equality as EgoismLouise Marcil-Lacoste Chapter 4 The Individualist/Holist Debate and Bentham's Claim to Sociological and Psychological RealismNancy L. Rosenblum Chapter 5 Stretching the Limits of the Democratic ImaginationJohn Keane Chapter 6 Freedom and FeminismVirginia Held Chapter 7 Macpherson's Neglect of the PoliticalJane Mansbridge Chapter 8 Liberalism and Modern DemocracyChantal Mouffe Chapter 9 Democracy and ContingencyWilliam E. Connolly Chapter 10 The Signifiers of DemocracyErnesto Laclau Chapter 11 Property and DemocracyMihailo Markovic Editor's Note by Joseph H. CarensA Reply by Mihailo Markovic Chapter 12 The End of History and Its Beginning Again; or, The Not-Quite-Yet Human Stage of Human HistoryWilliam Leiss Selected Bibliography Contributors Index

"Macpherson's work continues to animate the literature of contemporary political theory, and his arguments have had a pervasive influence on current conversations. An impressive group of scholars has been brought together to address his work, and they not only illuminate his ideas but, in responding to his claims, offer important claims of their own. These are strong essays in their own right, and a focused discussion of Macpherson is a most worthwhile project." — John G. Gunnell, State University of New York, University at Albany"Macpherson's work is well worth a retrospective and this collection makes even more of the work's significance than might have been anticipated. It will be very useful to scholars of twentieth-century political thought." — David Braybrooke, University of Texas at Austin