A Communitarian Defense of Liberalism: Emile Durkheim and Contemporary Social Theory

by Mark S. Cladis

Book Overview

'Community, ' 'tradition, ' 'the individual', stand out prominently in today's intellectual landscape. In social and political theory and in religious studies they figure in the ongoing debates between liberals (champions of the individual) and communitarians (champions of the common good). With these debates and their potential conflict in mind, the author has constructed a timely reading of Emile Durkheim that captures the benefits associated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804720428
• ISBN13: 9780804720427
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"