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9780742542198

The Communitarian Reader Beyond the Essentials

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742542198

  • ISBN10:

    074254219X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-09-01
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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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
Chapter 1 No Community, No Democracy
27(17)
Charles Taylor
Chapter 2 Combining Value Pluralism and Moral Universalism: Isaiah Berlin and Beyond
44(11)
Hans Joas
Chapter 3 Legislating Morality in Liberal Democracies
55(6)
Thomas A. Spragens Jr.
Chapter 4 On a Communitarian Faith
61(8)
Philip Selznick
Chapter 5 Are Particularistic Obligations Justified? A Communitarian Examination
69(12)
Amitai Etzioni
Part II The Communitarian Society
Chapter 6 Enforcing Norms: When the Law Gets in the Way
81(10)
Richard A. Epstein
Chapter 7 Social Mores Are Not Enough
91(5)
William A. Galston
Chapter 8 Confessions of an Alleged Libertarian (and the Virtues of "Soft" Communitarianism)
96(9)
Jonathan Rauch
Chapter 9 The Contours of Remoralization
105(6)
Francis Fukuyama
Chapter 10 The Duty to Rescue: A Liberal-Communitarian Approach
111(6)
Steven J. Heyman
Chapter 11 Does Socioeconomic Inequality Undermine Community? Implications for Communitarian Theory
117(12)
Richard Coughlin
Chapter 12 Americans as Communitarians: An Empirical Study
129(10)
David Karp
Part III Community
Chapter 13 Developing Civil Society: Can the Workplace Replace Bowling?
139(6)
Alan Wolfe
Chapter 14 Self-Sacrifice, Self-Fulfillment, and Mutuality: The Evolution of Marriage
145(4)
Don Browning
Chapter 15 Peer Marriage
149(12)
Pepper Schwartz
Chapter 16 Community and the Corner Store: Retrieving Human-Scale Commerce
161(9)
Alan Ehrenhalt
Chapter 17 Boston's Ten Point Coalition: A Faith-Based Approach to Fighting Crime in the Inner City
170(9)
Sasha Polakow-Suransky
Chapter 18 Can Design Make Community?
179(12)
Philip Langdon
Part IV Communitarian Policies
Chapter 19 Rights and Responsibilities, 2001
191(10)
Amitai Etzioni
Chapter 20 Confusing Freedom with License-Licenses Terrorism, Not Freedom
201(6)
Douglas W. Kmiec
Chapter 21 We Can Strike a Balance on Civil Liberties
207(3)
Laurence H. Tribe
Chapter 22 Liberal Sectarianism? Social Capital, Religious Communities, and Public Funds
210(10)
Stephen Macedo
Chapter 23 The Benefits of Surveillance?
220(5)
Eugene Volokh
Chapter 24 Military Secrets and First Amendment Values
225(9)
C. Robert Zelnick
Chapter 25 Diversity within Unity: A New Approach to Immigrants and Minorities
234(17)
Part V Dialogues
Chapter 26 Virtue and the State: A Dialogue between a Communitarian and a Social Conservative
251(11)
Amitai Etzioni and Robert P. George
Chapter 27 Virtue, Self-Interest, and the Good: A Dialogue on Communitarianism and Classical Liberalism
262(9)
Amitai Etzioni and Jonathan Marks
Index 271(6)
About the Contributors 277

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