by Ralf Dahrendorf · Espasa Calpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423965113
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"Life Chances: Notes for a Social and Political Theory" is an essay by sociologist and philosopher Ralf Dahrendorf, published in 1983. In this book, Dahrendorf examines the crisis of modern civilization and the problems of equality and freedom in contemporary societies, offering a renewal of liberalism as a social organization and way of life. The author analyzes the life chances of individuals in the context of social and political structures, proposing a theory that seeks to balance social justice with respect for individual autonomy.
Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. A class conflict theorist, Dahrendorf was a leading expert on explaining and analysing class divisions in modern society. Dahrendorf wrote multiple articles and books, his most notable being Class and Conflict in Industrial Society (1959) and Essays in the Theory of Society (1968).
