Uncivil Society: The Perils of Pluralism and the Making of Modern Liberalism

Uncivil Society: The Perils of Pluralism and the Making of Modern Liberalism
ISBN-10
073910909X
ISBN-13
9780739109090
Series
Uncivil Society
Category
Political Science
Pages
351
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Applications of Political Theo
Author
Richard Boyd

Description

In Uncivil Society, Richard Boyd argues contrarily that contemporary political theorist and social scientists have unduly neglected the 'uncivil' properties of groups. Through a careful reading of such exemplary figures as Hobbes, Locke, the Scottish Moralist, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Alexis de Tocqueville, and Michael Oakeshott in the classical liberal tradition _ and their defense of the virtue of civility - this work calls into question many contemporary assumptions about the nature and origins of civil society.

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