The Family in Christian Social and Political Thought

by Brent Waters

Brent Waters examines the historical roots and contemporary implications of the virtual disappearance of the family in late liberal and Christian social and political thought. Waters argues that the principal cause of this disappearance is late liberalism's fixation on individual autonomy, which renders familial bonds unintelligible. He traces the history of this emphasis, from its origin in Hobbes and Locke, through Kant, to such contemporary theorists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199271968
• ISBN13: 9780199271962
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"