The Dance with Community The Contemporary Debate in American Political Thought / Robert Booth Fowler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fowler, Robert Booth, 1940- Author.

Series:

American Political Thought

American political trought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kommunitarismus.

Skupnost--Politične teorije--Združene države Amerike.

Skupnost.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XI, 210 str.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University Press of Kansas 1991

Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, op. 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary intellectuals have rushed to embrace the concept of *#8220;community.” What does this tell us about American political thought? Why are intellectuals uneasy with modern liberal individualism and its institutional policy results? Why is political intellectual discourse dominated today by complaint?In The Dance with Community Robert Booth Fowler reflects upon these and related questions. “My goal,” he writes, “is to present contemporary political thought about community for what it is—a conversation interactive, spirited, and sometimes tough.”There have been many interpretations of the muchdiscussed decline in community spirit. Rather than offer another, Fowler steps back to look at the debate itself. He examines from the perspective of an intellectual historian the attention to community in current American political thought and explores the setting of that attention.He also identifies five alternative models of community integral to the current debates and sketches a clear image of each—its relationship to others, the logic of its appeal, and its emphases and problems. In each instance he places the model into the larger conversation over alternative communities and the value of community itself.

Contents:

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Kansas Open Books Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Meaning of Community

Part I. The Context

Chapter 2. Present Discontents

Chapter 3. Rummaging through American History

Part II. Images of Community: A Brief Preface

Chapter 4. Participatory Community

Chapter 5. The Republican Community

Chapter 6. Community and Roots

Chapter 7. Survival and Community

Chapter 8. Varieties of Religious Community

Chapter 9. Reflections

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-3091-0

OCLC:

1252623445