Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Liberalism's Two Sides. |
| Authors: |
SCIALABBA, GEORGE (AUTHOR) |
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Nation. 5/15/2023, Vol. 316 Issue 10, p37-41. 5p. 1 Color Photograph. |
| Subject Terms: |
*LIBERALISM, *POWER (Social sciences), *LABOR union members, *POLITICAL participation, *POLITICAL philosophy, *IMAGINATION, *NARCISSISM |
| Abstract: |
In a foreword to Alasdair Maclntyre, the conservative French philosopher Pierre Manent approvingly notes MacIntyre's 50-year-long "steady core of antiliberal anger" but then wryly observes that "the alternatives to liberalism have lost all credibility. Rorty was an anti-foundationalist, while MacIntyre grimly insists that philosophy without metaphysical foundations is the merest fiction. And though it would have been interesting to learn something more about MacIntyre's life - a little 37 gossip adds relish to a biography - Perreau-Saussine does help clarify MacIntyre's arguments, which can be knotty. As a result, Rorty was pretty much a model public intellectual in the 20 years before his death, while MacIntyre may as well have been writing from inside a monastery. [Extracted from the article] |
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