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Informationen zum Autor Frank G. Kirkpatrick is Ellsworth Morton Tracy Lecturer and Professor of Religion, Trinity College. He has published five other books including books The Episcopal Church in Crisis; Together Bound: God, History, and the Religious Community; The Ethics of Community; A Moral Ontology for a Theistic Ethic: Gathering the Nations in Love and Justice; and John Macmurray: Community Beyond Political Philosophy. He has also published a general textbook in the field of ethics, Living Issues in Ethics with Richard Nolan, and numerous articles in scholarly journals, as well as op-ed pieces and topical analyses of current religious events. Klappentext In this long-overdue analysis of Scottish political philosopher John Macmurray, Frank G. Kirkpatrick traces the influences and development of Macmurray's thought. Through his study, Kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of Macmurray's political thought in modern philosophers and comments on his enduring significance. Zusammenfassung In this long-overdue analysis of Scottish political philosopher John Macmurray! Frank G. Kirkpatrick traces the influences and development of Macmurray's thought. Through his study! Kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of Macmurray's political thought in modern philosophers and comments on his enduring significance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 An Intellectual Biography of John Macmurray: From Evangelicalism to Marxism Chapter 3 Macmurray's Engagement with Marxian Thought in the 1930s Chapter 4 Community in Marx and Macmurray: A Reappraisal Chapter 5 Christianity, Fascism, and the Clue to History Chapter 6 The Gifford Lectures: The Self as Agent Chapter 7 The Gifford Lectures: Persons in Relation Chapter 8 Macmurray and Contemporary Political Philosophy Chapter 9 The Family and Small Communities in Political Thought Chapter 10 Democracy, Human Nature, and the Nation-State Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Index Chapter 13 About the Author...
