Alasdair Macintyre - Critic of Modernity

This is the first full-length account of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences. His work is shown to provide the resources for a powerful critique of liberalism and as the inspiration for a critical social science of Modernity.

List of contents

Part I MacIntyre—Christianity and/or Marxism? 1 Christianity and Marxism: acceptance and Rejection 2 An excursus on the possibility of an Aristotelian Marxism Part II Markets, managers and the virtues 3 MacIntyre’s evaluative history and Polanyi’s historical sociology 4 The morality of markets and the ‘crisis of authority’: notes for a sociology in a world after virtue 5 Managerialism and the culture of bureaucratic individualism 6 Conclusion: narrative and communities

About the author

Peter McMylor

Summary

This is the first full-length account of MacIntyre's work for the social sciences. His work is shown to provide the resources for a powerful critique of liberalism and as the inspiration for a critical social science of Modernity.

Product details

• Authors: Peter McMylor, McMylor Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415755412
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75541-2
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; PHILOSOPHY / General, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, Society and culture: general, Biography: philosophy and social sciences