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Virtue and Economy - Essays on Morality and Markets (Hardcover, New Ed): Andrius Bielskis, Kelvin Knight Virtue and Economy - Essays on Morality and Markets (Hardcover, New Ed)
Andrius Bielskis, Kelvin Knight
R4,149 Discovery Miles 41 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Interest in Aristotelianism and in virtue ethics has been growing for half a century but as yet the strengths of the study of Aristotelian ethics in politics have not been matched in economics. This ground-breaking text fills that gap. Challenging the premises of neoclassical economic theory, the contributors take issue with neoclassicism's foundational separation of values from facts, with its treatment of preferences as given, and with its consequent refusal to reason about final ends. The contrary presupposition of this collection is that ethical reasoning about human ends is essential for any sustainable economy, and that reasoning about economic goods should therefore be informed by reasoning about what is humanly and commonly good. Contributions critically engage with aspects of corporate capitalism, managerial power and neoliberal economic policy, and reflect on the recent financial crisis from the point of view of Aristotelian virtue ethics. Containing a new chapter by Alasdair MacIntyre, and deploying his arguments and conceptual scheme throughout, the book critically analyses the theoretical presuppositions and institutional reality of modern capitalism.

Walk Away - When the Political Left Turns Right (Paperback): Lee Trepanier, Grant Havers Walk Away - When the Political Left Turns Right (Paperback)
Lee Trepanier, Grant Havers; Contributions by Jeremy Beer, Ron Dart, Pedro Blas Gonzalez, …
R1,052 R990 Discovery Miles 9 900 Save R62 (6%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By exploring the evolution of the political thought of these philosophers, this book draws connections among these thinkers and schools and discovers the general trajectory of twentieth-century political thinking in the West.

Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism - Modernity, Conflict and Politics (Paperback): Andrius Bielskis, Eleni... Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism - Modernity, Conflict and Politics (Paperback)
Andrius Bielskis, Eleni Leontsini, Kelvin Knight
R1,303 Discovery Miles 13 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. This volume bridges the gap between Aristotle's philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories that have been formulated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part I draws on Aristotle's texts and Thomas Aquinas' Aristotelianism to examine the Aristotelian tradition of virtues, with a chapter by Alasdair MacIntyre contextualising the different readings of Aristotle's philosophy. Part II offers a critical engagement with MacIntyrean Aristotelianism, while Part III demonstrates the ongoing influence of Aristotelianism in contemporary theoretical debates on governance and politics. Extensive in its historical scope, this is a valuable collection relating the tradition of virtue to modernity, which will be of interest to all working in virtue ethics and contemporary Aristotelian politics.

Revolutionary Aristotelianism - Ethics, Resistance and Utopia (Hardcover): Kelvin Knight, Paul Blackledge Revolutionary Aristotelianism - Ethics, Resistance and Utopia (Hardcover)
Kelvin Knight, Paul Blackledge
R1,599 Discovery Miles 15 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book includes revisions of papers originally presented at the inaugural conference of the International Society for MacIntyrean Philosophy, on the theme of Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism: Ethics, Resistance and Utopia, hosted by the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute at London Metropolitan University. The papers selected are by fifteen leading international philosophers and political theorists. Writing from a variety of perspectives, they address MacIntyre's accounts of Aristotelianism, Thomism and Marxism, his virtue ethics and metaethics, the development of his philosophical project, and his critiques of managerialism, capitalism and liberalism. The book concludes with an extensive response by MacIntyre, in which he clarifies his past arguments, his present position, and his relation to rival theories of moral, political and social practice.

The MacIntyre Reader (Paperback): Kelvin Knight The MacIntyre Reader (Paperback)
Kelvin Knight
R643 Discovery Miles 6 430 Out of stock

Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time. He opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelianism. It is this tradition, he claims, which presents the best theory so far about the nature of rationality, morality and politics. This is the first Reader of MacIntyrea s work. It includes extracts from and synopses of two famous books from the 1980s, After Virtue and Whose Justice? Which Rationality?, as well as the whole of several shorter works (one published for the first time in English) and two interviews. Taken together, these constitute not only a representative collection of his work but also the most powerful and accessible presentation of his arguments yet available. The Reader also includes a summary, by the editor, of the development of MacIntyrea s central ideas, and an extensive guide to further reading. Students will find the book a useful guide to MacIntyrea s case against both capitalist institutions and academic orthodoxies.

Virtue and Politics - Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism (Paperback): Paul Blackledge, Kelvin Knight Virtue and Politics - Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Aristotelianism (Paperback)
Paul Blackledge, Kelvin Knight
R1,316 R1,008 Discovery Miles 10 080 Save R308 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The essays in this collection explore the implications of Alasdair MacIntyre's critique of liberalism, capitalism, and the modern state, his early Marxism, and the complex influences of Marxist ideas on his thought. A central idea is that MacIntyre's political and social theory is a form of revolutionary--not reactionary--Aristotelianism. The contributors aim, in varying degrees, both to engage with the theoretical issues of MacIntyre's critique and to extend and deepen his insights.

The book features a new introductory essay by MacIntyre, "How Aristotelianism Can Become Revolutionary," and ends with an essay in which MacIntyre comments on the other authors' contributions. It also includes Kelvin Knight's 1996 essay, "Revolutionary Aristotelianism," which first challenged conservative appropriations of MacIntyre's critique of liberalism by reinterpreting his Aristotelianism through the lens of his earlier engagement with Marx.

"This is an excellent collection. Its particular strength is its sustained focus on Alasdair MacIntyre's political thought, in particular MacIntyre's complicated relation and indebtedness to Marxism. In their introduction, the co-editors say that the reception of MacIntyre within political philosophy has largely been reductive and one-sided, namely, that he is simply viewed as a conservative communitarian. In focusing on MacIntyre's radical heritage, this volume helps correct that simplistic misperception. --Keith Breen, Queen's University Belfast

The MacIntyre Reader (Paperback, New edition): Kelvin Knight The MacIntyre Reader (Paperback, New edition)
Kelvin Knight
R1,176 Discovery Miles 11 760 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Alasdair MacIntyre is one of the most controversial philosophers and social theorists of our time. He opposes liberalism and postmodernism with the teleological arguments of an updated Thomistic Aristotelianism. It is this tradition, he claims, which presents the best theory so far about the nature of rationality, morality, and politics. This is the first reader of MacIntyre's groundbreaking work. It includes extracts from and his own synopses of two famous books from the 1980s, After Virtue and Whose Justice? Which Rationality? as well as the whole of several shorter works and two interviews. Together, these pieces constitute not only a representative collection of his work but also the most powerful and accessible presentation of his arguments yet available. The MacIntyre Reader concludes with Kelvin Knight's clear and insightful overview of MacIntyre's central ideas and their development in his writings. Students will find this book an excellent introduction to one of the great thinkers of our time.

Walk Away - When the Political Left Turns Right (Hardcover): Lee Trepanier, Grant Havers Walk Away - When the Political Left Turns Right (Hardcover)
Lee Trepanier, Grant Havers; Contributions by Jeremy Beer, Ron Dart, Pedro Blas Gonzalez, …
R3,474 Discovery Miles 34 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By exploring the evolution of the political thought of these philosophers, this book draws connections among these thinkers and schools and discovers the general trajectory of twentieth-century political thinking in the West.

Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism - Modernity, Conflict and Politics (Hardcover): Andrius Bielskis, Eleni... Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism - Modernity, Conflict and Politics (Hardcover)
Andrius Bielskis, Eleni Leontsini, Kelvin Knight
R3,993 Discovery Miles 39 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute. This volume bridges the gap between Aristotle's philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories that have been formulated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part I draws on Aristotle's texts and Thomas Aquinas' Aristotelianism to examine the Aristotelian tradition of virtues, with a chapter by Alasdair MacIntyre contextualising the different readings of Aristotle's philosophy. Part II offers a critical engagement with MacIntyrean Aristotelianism, while Part III demonstrates the ongoing influence of Aristotelianism in contemporary theoretical debates on governance and politics. Extensive in its historical scope, this is a valuable collection relating the tradition of virtue to modernity, which will be of interest to all working in virtue ethics and contemporary Aristotelian politics.

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