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A Communitarian Critique of Liberalism

  • Daniel A. Bell
Published/Copyright: May 14, 2016
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Abstract

Communitarian thinkers have argued that liberalism devalues community in modern societies. This essay assesses the three main strands of the contemporary debate betweeen communitarianism and liberalism: (1) the communitarian critique of the liberal universalism, (2) the communitarian critique of liberal individualism, and (3) the communitarian critique of liberal politics. In each case, it is argued that the debate has moved from fairly abstract philosophical controversies to more concrete engagement with political disputes in Western as well as East Asian societies.

Published Online: 2016-05-14
Published in Print: 2005-11-01

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