Communitarianism and Its CriticsClarendon Press, 1993 - 256 páginas Many have criticized liberalism for being too individualist, but few have offered an alternative that goes beyond a vague affirmation of the need for community. In this entertaining book, written in dialogue form, Daniel Bell fills this gap, presenting and defending a distinctively communitarian theory against the objections of a liberal critic. In a Paris cafe Anne, a strong supporter of communitarian ideals, and Philip, her querulous critic, debate the issues. Drawing on the works of such thinkers as Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel, and Alasdair MacIntyre, Anne attacks liberalism's individualistic view of the person by pointing to our social embeddedness. She then develops Michael Walzer's idea that political thinking involves the interpretation of shared meanings emerging from the political life of a community, and rebuts Philip's criticism that this approach damages her case by being conservative and relativistic. She goes on to develop a justification of communal life and to answer the criticism that communitarians lack an alternative moral and political vision. The book ends with two later discussions, by Will Kymlicka and Daniel Bell, in which Anne and another friend, Louise, argue about the merits of the book's earlier debate and put it in perspective. Daniel Bell's book is a provocative defence of a distinctively communitarian theory which will stimulate interest and debate among both students of political theory and those approaching the subject for the first time. |
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Introduction | 1 |
In Defence of the Dialogue Form | 21 |
Political Theorizing as the Interpretation of | 55 |
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Alasdair MacIntyre American ANNE Yes argues argument attachments beliefs and intuitions Cambridge University Press Canadian Charles Taylor choice choose citizens claim commitment communitarian Communitarian Critique community of memory community of place community's conception constitutive communities criticism cultural dialogue embodied agents endorse example fact favour feel feminist French Heidegger Heidegger's heterosexuals homosexual human idea ideal identity individuals interpretation Japanese Jewish Kymlicka la Patrie language liberal lives London LOUISE matter Michael Michael Sandel Michael Walzer Montreal mother Mother Teresa Nazis one's Oxford particular Patrie Patrie's person PHILIP interrupting PHILIP pause Philosophy poll prevailing moral beliefs principles psychological communities Quebec question Rawls Rawls's reason religious Ronald Dworkin Sandel self-determination sense shared meanings shared understandings society Spheres of Justice Susan Moller Okin Theory of Justice there's thesis things tion tradition Waiter Walzer what's Wittgenstein women
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