A Communitarian Defense of Liberalism - Emile Durkheim and Contemporary Social Theory

"This is an interesting and provocative reading of Durkheim that sheds new light on the contemporary relevance of his work and offers new and complex material for the debate over social theory. It is well written, and the style is lively."--Wayne Proudfoot, Columbia University
"Cladis's central argument is that Durkheim's sociology--until recently dismissed as conservative dogma--provides valuable insights for the contemporary debates between liberals and communitarians. . . . With the novel insight that liberalism is a viable moral tradition and not the mere antithesis of tradition, Durkheim resolved a problem that had plagued Descartes, Kant, and Rousseau."--Choice

Summary

In this provocative and timely reading of Emile Durkheim the author isolates the merits and liabilities of both liberal and communitarian theories and demonstrates that we need not be in the position of having to choose between them.

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"Cladis's central argument is that Durkheim's sociology—until recently dismissed as conservative dogma—provides valuable insights for the contemporary debates between liberals and communitarians. . . . With the novel insight that liberalism is a viable moral tradition and not the mere antithesis of tradition, Durkheim resolved a problem that had plagued Descartes, Kant, and Rousseau."

Product details

• Authors: Mark S Cladis, Mark S. Cladis
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780804720427
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-2042-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 671 g
• Series: Stanford Series in Philosophy; Sage Studies in International; Stanford Series in Philosophy; Stanford Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology