Philosophy in a time of lost spirit : essays on contemporary theory /

Philosophy in a time of lost spirit : essays on contemporary theory /

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In this collection of his essays and reviews, Ronald Beiner probes the boundaries of our social world and develops his own intellectual challenge to liberalism in a critical review of contemporary thinkers

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Beiner, Ronald, 1953- (Author)
Corporate Author: Conference for the Study of Political Thought
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©1997
Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : 1997
Subjects:
Communitarianism
Liberalism
Political science > Philosophy
Libéralisme
Libéralisme
Liberalismus
POLITICAL SCIENCE > History & Theory
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Conservatism & Liberalism.
liberalism
Electronic books
Livres numériques
Livres numériques
e-books
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE: THE THEORIST AS CRITIC
  • I: Liberalism and Hyper-Liberalism
  • 1 Liberalism in the Cross-Hairs of Theory
  • 2 The Proper Bounds of Self
  • 3 Reconciling Liberty and Equality
  • 4 Cruelty First
  • 5 Liberalism as Neutralism
  • 6 Revising the Self
  • 7 Liberalism, Pluralism, and Religion
  • 8 Richard Rorty's Liberalism
  • 9 Foucault's Hyper-Liberalism
  • II: Interrogating Modernity
  • 10 Do We Need a Philosophical Ethics? Theory, Prudence, and the Primacy of Ethos
  • 11 Rescuing the Rationalist Heritage
  • 12 Accepting Finitude
  • ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE: THE THEORIST AS CRITIC""; ""I: Liberalism and Hyper-Liberalism""; ""1 Liberalism in the Cross-Hairs of Theory""; ""2 The Proper Bounds of Self""; ""3 Reconciling Liberty and Equality""; ""4 Cruelty First""; ""5 Liberalism as Neutralism""; ""6 Revising the Self""; ""7 Liberalism, Pluralism, and Religion""; ""8 Richard Rorty's Liberalism""; ""9 Foucault's Hyper-Liberalism""; ""II: Interrogating Modernity""; ""10 Do We Need a Philosophical Ethics? Theory, Prudence, and the Primacy of Ethos""; ""11 Rescuing the Rationalist Heritage""; ""12 Accepting Finitude""
  • 13 Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: The Uncommenced DialogueAppendix: Response from a Colleague, with a Rejoinder
  • 14 Eros and the Bourgeoisie
  • 15 Left-Wing Conservatism: The Legacy of Christopher Lasch
  • 16 Hermeneutical Generosity and Social Criticism
  • 17 Thin Ice
  • III: Political Judgment Revisited
  • 18 Practical Wisdom
  • 19 Science and Wisdom
  • 20 Rereading Hannah Arendt's Kant Lectures
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • ""13 Hannah Arendt and Leo Strauss: The Uncommenced Dialogue""""Appendix: Response from a Colleague, with a Rejoinder""; ""14 Eros and the Bourgeoisie""; ""15 Left-Wing Conservatism: The Legacy of Christopher Lasch""; ""16 Hermeneutical Generosity and Social Criticism""; ""17 Thin Ice""; ""III: Political Judgment Revisited""; ""18 Practical Wisdom""; ""19 Science and Wisdom""; ""20 Rereading Hannah Arendt's Kant Lectures""; ""NOTES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""

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