False Necessity: Anti-Necessitarian Social Theory in the Service of Radical Democracy - Paperbackby Roberto Mangabeira Unger (Author) False necessity is the central work in the three volume series Politics. It presents both a way of explaining society and a program for changing it. The explanation develops a radical alternative to Marxism, showing how we can account for established social arrangements without denying their contingency or our freedom. The program offers a progressive alternative to the now dominant ideological conceptions of