“A good book to stir up leftists.”—Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Business Week
“Roberto Mangabeira Unger’s book may someday make possible a new national romance … a hitherto undreamt-of national future.”—Richard Rorty
“A restless visionary.”—New York Times
“A philosophical mind out of the Third World turning tables, to become a synoptist and seer of the First.”—Perry Anderson
“Brazil’s answer to John Stuart Mill … a political philosopher extraordinaire.”—Chronicle of Higher Education
“This book has influenced how I think and what I do. It sets out the principles for a future Left and crucially challenges us to think not just about how we spend revenues but how we might create them.”—Neal Lawson, Chair of Compass