The New Communitarians and the Crisis of Modern Liberalism
"Profound, scholarly, learned, carefully reasoned, and--though of enduring value--timely."--Forrest McDonald, author ofThe American Presidency"A provocative book that does much to save us from the hubris of intellectuals."--John Patrick Diggins, author ofThe Lost Soul of American Politics"A strong, coherent argument and a valuable contribution to American political thought. This book will be controversial, but it is not an exercise in polemics."--Robert Booth Fowler, author ofThe Dance with Community: The Contemporary Debate in American Political Thought"Frohnen masterfully demolishes the pretensions of those who style themselves communitarians today, showing the intellectual shallowness and absence of moral seriousness that characterize their efforts."--Peter Augustine Lawler, author ofUnder God with Liberty: The Religious Dimension of American Liberty"Frohnen is an able and articulate political theorist who may have located the future of American politics. It is not a future I envision, but I would not dare pursue mine without taking Frohnen's into account."--Theodore J. Lowi, author ofThe End of Liberalism