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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.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Religion: general

• Full title: MacIntyre Reader
• Author: Kelvin Knight
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 312
• EAN: 9780745619743
• ISBN: 0745619746
• ID: 04907856
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Weight: 584 g
• Dimensions: 237 × 160 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. October 1998

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