Community and Tradition - Conservative Perspectives on the American Experience

In Community and Tradition, eight distinguished scholars articulate the clearest statement to date of the conservative vision of community.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Contemporary Communitarianism, the Lure of the State, and the Modern Quest for Community Chapter 3 American Community Chapter 4 The Constitution and Community Chapter 5 Mr. Emerson's Tombstone Chapter 6 Charles Taylor on Multiculturalism and the Politics of Recognition Chapter 7 On the Extent of Community: Civil Society, Civil Religion, and the State Chapter 8 Is William Galston Really a Liberal? Chapter 9 Commitment and Obligation Chapter 10 Notes Chapter 11 Index

About the author

Edited by George W. Carey and Bruce Frohnen - Contributions by Norman Barry; George W. Carey; Kenneth L. Grasso; Peter Augustine Lawler; Wilfred M. McClay; Barry Alan Shain and Brad Lowell Stone

Summary

In Community and Tradition, eight distinguished scholars articulate the clearest statement to date of the conservative vision of community.

Product details

• Assisted by: Norman P. Barry (Editor), George W Carey (Editor), George W. Carey (Editor), Carey George W. (Editor), Bruce Frohnen (Editor), Bruce P Frohnen (Editor), Bruce P. Frohnen (Editor), Frohnen Bruce P. (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.08.1998
• EAN: 9780847686605
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-8660-5
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 458 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Society and culture: general, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies