Pareto and Political Theory offers a much-needed reappraisal of
Vilfredo Pareto's often ignored or misunderstood contribution to
the theory and philosophy of politics. Joseph V. Femia disputes the
depiction of Pareto as a proto-fascist and locates him in a clear
tradition of 'sceptical liberalism', which eschews metaphysical
abstractions and adopts a 'realist' approach to practical politics