{"product_id":"the-communitarian-persuasion","title":"The Communitarian Persuasion","description":"The communitarian movement aims to balance the individual liberties prized by modernity with the health of the community in which those liberties are exercised. The movement arose in 1980s Americaa society asserting  on the left  personal self-realization and  on the right  unrestrained capitalism and distrust of government  both sides assailing social institutions. In The Communitarian Persuasion esteemed thinker Philip Selznick shows how the communitarian response to such pressures is not opposition but integration. \"Communities have this remarkable feature: they build upon and are nourished by other unities  which are persons  groups  practices  and institutions. What we prize in community is not unity of any sort at any price  but unity that preserves the integrity of the parts.\" Selznick situates communitarianism as a public philosophy and relates the communitarian project to key social and political questions raised by the recent transformations of modern life. He also reflects on the appropriate demands of the common good and on religious faiths contributions to community. Readers new to communitarian ideas and readers long acquainted with them will find The Communitarian Persuasion well worth their attention.","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44910359806005,"sku":"ByrdShop_1930365063","price":60.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/ByrdShop_1930365063.jpg?v=1768214168","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-communitarian-persuasion","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}