Walk Away - When the Political Left Turns Right

This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject those commitments due to changes in the culture, economics, and politics.

Sommario

Chapter 1: James Burnham: From Left to Right
Paul Gottfried
Chapter 2: Pondering the People: Willmoore Kendall's Intellectual Path From Progressive to Conservative Populism
Christopher H. Owen
Chapter 3: "Mugged by Reality": The Neoconservative Turn
Lee Trepanier
Chapter 4: George Grant and Charles Taylor: Canadian Owls
Ron Dart
Chapter 5: Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Peripateticism
Kelvin Knight
Chapter 6: Benedict Ashley's Reappraisal of Marxism
Christopher S. Morrissey
Chapter 7: Christopher Lasch: A Reconsideration
Jeremy Beer
Chapter 8: The Failure of Marxism through the Frankfurt School and Jürgen Habermas
Pedro Blas González
Chapter 9: Analytical Marxism and the Meaning of Historicism: Reflections on Kai Nielsen and G. A. Cohen
Grant Havers

Info autore

Lee Trepanier is professor of political science at Saginaw Valley State University.
Grant Havers is professor of philosophy and political studies at Trinity Western University.

Riassunto

This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject those commitments due to changes in the culture, economics, and politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Lee Trepanier, Lee Havers Trepanier
• Con la collaborazione di: Grant Havers (Editore), Lee Trepanier (Editore)
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781498595193
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-9519-3
• Pagine: 202
• Serie: Political Theory for Today; Political Theory for Today
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; PHILOSOPHY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Philosophy, Political science & theory, Political science and theory