Femia Joseph V. Pareto and Political Theory

Routledge: Taylor&Francis, 2004. — 166 p. — (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought).Pareto and Political Theory offers a much-needed reappraisal of Vilfredo Pareto's often ignored or misunderstood contribution to the theory and philosophy of politics. Joseph V. Femia disputes the depiction of Pareto as a proto-fascist and locates him in a clear tradition of 'sceptical liberalism', which eschews metaphysical abstractions and adopts a 'realist' approach to practical politics