Taking community seriously? (Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego)

Tytuł Taking Community Seriously? Podtytuł Communitarian Critiques of Liberalism Autor Aneta Gawkowska Język angielski Wydawnictwo Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego ISBN 978-83-235-1095-6 Rok wydania 2011 Warszawa Wydanie 1 liczba stron 158 Format pdf Spis treści ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7

FOREWORD 9

GENERAL INTRODUCTION 13

Chapter I: NEUTRALITY, AUTONOMY, AND ORDER: THE THEORY OF AMITAI ETZIONI UNDER SCRUTINY 19

Introduction 19
1.a. Etzioni’s Picture of the Self 20
1.b. Community and Autonomy in Etzioni’s Theory 22
1.c. Layered Loyalty and Its Fostering 24
2.a. A Critique of Etzioni’s Portrayal of the Self 25
2.b. Etzioni’s Standing on Autonomy Examined 29
2.c. Etzioni’s Standing on Social Order Examined 34
2.d. Conflicts and Equilibria Scrutinized 37
Conclusions: No Way Out of the Conflict? 46

Chapter II: DISHARMONIOUS PLURALITY OF COMMUNITIES: MICHAEL WALZER’S ATTEMPT TO SAVE LIBERALISM 49

Introduction 49
1.a. The Individual and the Community 49
1.b. The Social Goods 51
1.c. Pluralism and Disharmony 52
2.a. Analysis of Walzer’s Idea of the Self 54
2.b. Analysis of Walzer’s Understanding of Social Goods 57
2.c. Analysis of Pluralism and Disharmony 61
Conclusions 65

Chapter III: THE SELF-GOVERNMENT OF THE ENCUMBERED SELVES: MICHAEL J. SANDEL’S LONGINGS FOR THE REPUBLICAN TRADITION 67

Introduction 67
1.a. The Encumbered Self Described 68
1.b. The Republican Community 71
2.a. Problems with Sandelian Selves 73
2.b. The Republican Community Revisited 76
Conclusions 81

Chapter IV: MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF DIALOGICAL SELVES: CHARLES TAYLOR’S HOLISTIC ORDER THROUGH ARTICULATION 83

Introduction 83
1.a. Taylor’s Vision of the Dialogical Self 84
1.b. The Goals and the Goods 86
1.c. Recognition in Politics 88
2.a. Does Dialog Exclude Atomism? 91
2.b. Does Logos Need Affirmation? 93
2.c. Who Really Needs Recognition? 99
Conclusions 102

Chapter V: VIRTUES, PRACTICES, GOODS, AND TRADITIONS: ALASDAIR MACINTYRE’S ALTERNATIVE TO LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM 103

Introduction 103
1.a. The Dependent, Rational, and Social Animal 104
1.b. Incommensurability of Goods and Traditions? 110
1.c. State vs. Community 114
2.a&b. Is MacIntyre a Realist? Contextualism and/or Universalism 117
2.c. Why and How to Stay Local? 122
Conclusions 125

GENERAL CONCLUSIONS: REALITY AND HOPE? 127

BIBLIOGRAPHY 143