Introduction
I. Equality
1. Attenuation: Equality as Mere Opportunity
2. Secularism: Equality as Unworthy of Exaltation
3. Optimism: Equality as Inevitable
II. Pessimism
4. Canonical Pessimist Egalitarians
5. Expanding the Canon
6. Contemporary Pessimist Egalitarians
III. Reciprocity
7. Reciprocity as a Practice
8. Reciprocity as a Theme
9. Reciprocity as a Form
Conclusion
Biography
Daniel S. Malachuk (PhD, Literatures in English, Rutgers) researches literature and political theory. Former Fellow at U. Notre Dame's Institute for Advanced Study (2013) and Fulbright Senior Lecturer at U. Heidelberg (2014), he is a Professor of English at Western Illinois University.
