The Communitarian Reader Beyond the Essentials

by Volmert, Andrew; Rothschild, Elanit; Browning, Don; Coughlin, Richard; Ehrenhalt, Alan; Epstein, Richard A.; Etzioni, Amitai; Fukuyama, Francis; Galston, William A.; Heyman, Steven J.; Joas, Hans; Karp, David; Kmiec, Douglas W.; Langdon, Philip; Macedo, S

• ISBN13: 9780742542181
• ISBN10: 0742542181
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-14
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The Communitarian Reader: Beyond the Essentials brings together essays by prominent social thinkers reflecting on issues ranging from moral obligations to civil liberties after 9/11. The result is a book both practical and theoretical, and an essential guide for all interested in further exploring this important social movement.

Author Biography

Don Browning is professor emeritus of ethics and the social sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School Richard Coughlin is professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico Alan Ehrenhalt is the executive editor of Governing Magazine Richard A. Epstein is professor of law at the University of Chicago Law School Amitai Etzioni is university professor at the George Washington University and is founder and director of the Communitarian Network Francis Fukuyama is professor of international political economy at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. William A. Galston is professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park Robert P. George is professor of constitutional law at Princeton University Steven J. Heyman is professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law Hans Joas is director of the Max Weber Center for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany David Karp is professor of sociology at Boston College Douglas W. Kmiec is professor of law at Pepperdine University Philip Langdon is author of A Better Place to Live: Reshaping the American Suburb Stephen Macedo is professor of politics at Princeton University Jonathan Marks is an assistant professor of political science and philosophy at Carthage College Sasha Polakow-Suransky is a contributing editor at the American Prospect Jonathan Rauch writes for National Journal and the Atlantic Monthly, and is a writer in residence at the Brookings Institution Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington Philip Selznick is professor emeritus of law and sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Thomas A. Spragens, Jr., is professor of political science at Duke University Charles Taylor is professor emeritus of philosophy at McGill University, Montreal Laurence H. Tribe is professor of constitutional law at Harvard Law School Eugene Volokh is professor of law at UCLA Law School Alan Wolfe is professor of political science and director of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College C. Robert Zelnick is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and chairman of the Department of Journalism at Boston University

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
The Responsive Community Platform: Rights and Responsibilities	13	(14)
Part I Theory and Social Philosophy
No Community, No Democracy	27	(17)
Charles Taylor
Combining Value Pluralism and Moral Universalism: Isaiah Berlin and Beyond	44	(11)
Hans Joas
Legislating Morality in Liberal Democracies	55	(6)
Thomas A. Spragens Jr.
On a Communitarian Faith	61	(8)
Philip Selznick
Are Particularistic Obligations Justified? A Communitarian Examination	69	(12)
Amitai Etzioni
Part II The Communitarian Society
Enforcing Norms: When the Law Gets in the Way	81	(10)
Richard A. Epstein
Social Mores Are Not Enough	91	(5)
William A. Galston
Confessions of an Alleged Libertarian (and the Virtues of ``Soft'' Communitarianism)	96	(9)
Jonathan Rauch
The Contours of Remoralization	105	(6)
Francis Fukuyama
The Duty to Rescue: A Liberal-Communitarian Approach	111	(6)
Steven J. Heyman
Does Socioeconomic Inequality Undermine Community? Implications for Communitarian Theory	117	(12)
Richard Coughlin
Americans as Communitarians: An Empirical Study	129	(10)
David Karp
Part III Community
Developing Civil Society: Can the Workplace Replace Bowling?	139	(6)
Alan Wolfe
Self-Sacrifice, Self-Fulfillment, and Mutuality: The Evolution of Marriage	145	(4)
Don Browning
Peer Marriage	149	(12)
Pepper Schwartz
Community and the Corner Store: Retrieving Human-Scale Commerce	161	(9)
Alan Ehrenhalt
Boston's Ten Point Coalition: A Faith-Based Approach to Fighting Crime in the Inner City	170	(9)
Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Can Design Make Community?	179	(12)
Philip Langdon
Part IV Communitarian Policies
Rights and Responsibilities, 2001	191	(10)
Amitai Etzioni
Confusing Freedom with License---Licenses Terrorism, Not Freedom	201	(6)
Douglas W. Kmiec
We Can Strike a Balance on Civil Liberties	207	(3)
Laurence H. Tribe
Liberal Sectarianism? Social Capital, Religious Communities, and Public Funds	210	(10)
Stephen Macedo
The Benefits of Surveillance?	220	(5)
Eugene Volokh
Military Secrets and First Amendment Values	225	(9)
C. Robert Zelnick
Diversity within Unity: A New Approach to Immigrants and Minorities	234	(17)
Part V Dialogues
Virtue and the State: A Dialogue between a Communitarian and a Social Conservative	251	(11)
Amitai Etzioni
Robert P. George
Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Good: A Dialogue on Communitarianism and Classical Liberalism	262	(9)
Amitai Etzioni
Jonathan Marks
Index	271	(6)
About the Contributors	277