Walk Away: When The Political Left Turns Right (political Theory For Today)

"This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject those commitments due to changes in the culture, economics, and politics"-- Provided by publisher This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject them. Their reevaluation of their own previous positions reveals not only the change in their own thought but also the societal changes in the culture, economics, and politics to which they were reacting. By exploring the evolution of the political thought of these philosophers, this book draws connections among these thinkers and schools and discovers the general trajectory of twentieth-century political thinking in the West. Contents Introduction 1 James Burnham 2 Pondering the People 3 “Mugged by Reality” 4 George Grant and Charles Taylor 5 Alasdair MacIntyre’s Revolutionary Peripateticism 6 Benedict Ashley’s Reappraisal of Marxism 7 Christopher Lasch 8 The Failure of Marxism through the Frankfurt School and Jürgen Habermas 9 Analytical Marxism and the Meaning of Historicism Index About the Editors and Contributors Edited By Lee Trepanier, Grant Havers. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.