Michael J. Thompson is Professor of Political Science at William Paterson University. His most recent books include The Specter of Babel: A Reconstruction of Political Judgment as well as the forthcoming, Twilight of the Self: Cybernetic Society and the Eclipse of Autonomy.

AN INHERITANCE FOR OUR TIMES Principles and Politics of Democratic Socialism Edited by Gregory Smulewicz-Zucker and Michael J. Thompson An Inheritance for Our Times is a reader that includes original essays in the form of both personal accounts and intellectual arguments from activists and theorists advocating a democratic socialist outlook. More