Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions

In what follows I shall consider what Alasdair MacIntyre has to say about utopianism, from the standpoint of someone who has an interest in the kind of politics that takes place within social institutions. The discussion has two parts. In the first part I survey the various comments that MacIntyre h...

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Main Author: Burns, Tony
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51138/
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description In what follows I shall consider what Alasdair MacIntyre has to say about utopianism, from the standpoint of someone who has an interest in the kind of politics that takes place within social institutions. The discussion has two parts. In the first part I survey the various comments that MacIntyre has made about utopianism in his writings over the years, from the publication of After Virtue in 1981 down to the present. In the second part I discuss the relevance of these ideas for those seeking to develop a critique of the uses and abuses of power within contemporary social institutions.
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spelling nottingham-511382019-10-13T04:30:14Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51138/ Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions Burns, Tony In what follows I shall consider what Alasdair MacIntyre has to say about utopianism, from the standpoint of someone who has an interest in the kind of politics that takes place within social institutions. The discussion has two parts. In the first part I survey the various comments that MacIntyre has made about utopianism in his writings over the years, from the publication of After Virtue in 1981 down to the present. In the second part I discuss the relevance of these ideas for those seeking to develop a critique of the uses and abuses of power within contemporary social institutions. Taylor & Francis 2018-04-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/51138/1/Tony%20Burns%20MacIntyre%20and%20Utopianism.pdf Burns, Tony (2018) Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions. International Critical Thought . ISSN 2159-8282 (In Press)
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Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions
title Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions
title_full Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions
title_fullStr Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions
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