Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 3
5. Chapter 1. Uncovering the Communitarian Ideal 10
6. Chapter 2. Once Upon a Time in America 24
7. Chapter 3. The Communitarian Ideal and the American Reality 61
8. Chapter 4. Life in the Middle Ages: An Overview 81
9. Chapter 5 The Communitarian Ideal and the Medieval Reality 105
10. Chapter 6. Community and the Good Life in Classical Athens 122
11. Chapter 7. Learning from History 149
12. Chapter 8. A Liberal Response to Communitarian Thought 175
13. Notes 197
14. Bibliography 227
15. Index 243