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The anatomy of antiliberalism / Stephen Holmes.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1993.Description: xvi, 330 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0674031806 (acidfree papr)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.5/1 20
LOC classification:
  • HM 276 H749a 1993
Contents:
Introduction: What is Antiliberalism? Part I. The Antiliberals --Maistre and the Antiliberal Tradition --Schmitt: The Debility of Liberalism Strauss: Truths for Philosophers Alone --Maclntyre: The Antiliberal Catechism Anti-Prometheanism: The Case of Christopher --Lasch --Unger: Antiliberalism Unbound The Community Trap Part II. Misunderstanding the Liberal Past --Antiliberals as Historians of Liberal Thought --The "Atomization" of Society? ----Indifference toward the Common Good? --The Eclipse of Authority? The Public Realm Sacrificed to the Private? EconomicMan? The Selfishness of Rights?-- Moral Skepticism? --The Crimes of Reason? --Antonym Substitution
Summary: How has liberalism, the grand democratic ideal, come to be a dirty word? This book shows us what antiliberalism means in the modern world--where it comes from, whom it serves, and why it speaks with such a forceful, if ever changing, voice.
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 276 H749a 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000127526

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-316) and index.

Introduction: What is Antiliberalism? Part I. The Antiliberals --Maistre and the Antiliberal Tradition --Schmitt: The Debility of Liberalism Strauss: Truths for Philosophers Alone --Maclntyre: The Antiliberal Catechism Anti-Prometheanism: The Case of Christopher --Lasch --Unger: Antiliberalism Unbound The Community Trap Part II. Misunderstanding the Liberal Past --Antiliberals as Historians of Liberal Thought --The "Atomization" of Society? ----Indifference toward the Common Good? --The Eclipse of Authority? The Public Realm Sacrificed to the Private? EconomicMan? The Selfishness of Rights?-- Moral Skepticism? --The Crimes of Reason? --Antonym Substitution

How has liberalism, the grand democratic ideal, come to be a dirty word? This book shows us what antiliberalism means in the modern world--where it comes from, whom it serves, and why it speaks with such a forceful, if ever changing, voice.

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