The quest for community : a study in the ethics of order and freedom / Robert Nisbet ; with an introduction by Ross Douthat.
Nisbet, Robert A.
2010
BJ51 .N56 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The quest for community : a study in the ethics of order and freedom / Robert Nisbet ; with an introduction by Ross Douthat.
Author Nisbet, Robert A.
Edition New critical ed.
ISBN 9781935191506 (pbk.)
1935191500 (pbk.)
Publication Details Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, c2010.
Language English
Description xxxiii, 330 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number BJ51 .N56 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 170
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-319) and index.
Series Background (Wilmington, Del.)
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Part One. Community and the problem of order. The loss of community. The image of community. The problem of community
Part Two. The state and community. History as the decline of community. The state as revolution. Sovereignty and association. The political community. The total community
Part Three. Community and the problem of freedom. The problem of liberalism. The contexts of individuality. The contexts of democracy. Conclusion
Critical essays. The state and fading communlity / John Carroll. Modernity's new world dangers / David Bosworth. The enduring achievement and unfinished work of Robert Nisbet / Jeanne Heffernan Schindler.

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