The MacIntyre Reader
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Overview
Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time. He opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelianism. It is this tradition, he claims, which presents the best theory so far about the nature of rationality, morality and politics. This is the first Reader of MacIntyre's work.Synopsis
Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time. He opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelianism. It is this tradition, he claims, which presents the best theory so far about the nature of rationality, morality and politics. This is the first Reader of MacIntyre's work.
Booknews
A collection of writing by one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time, one who opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelian. The collection includes excerpts from and his own synopses of two famous books from the 1980s, and , as well as the whole of several shorter works (one published for the first time in English) and two interviews. An introduction summarizes the development of MacIntyre's central ideas. Knight is a lecturer in politics at University of North London. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)