The Moral Commonwealth: Social Theory and the Promise of Community (Centennial Books)

The Moral Commonwealth: Social Theory and the Promise of Community (Centennial Books) by Selznick, Philip. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780520089341.

Philip Selznicks study of moral and social theory establishes the intellectual foundations of an important new movement in American thought: communitarianism. Emerging in part as a response to the excesses of American individualism - particularly rampant during the 1980s - communitarianism seeks to restore the balance between individual rights and social responsibilities. The Moral Commonwealth attempts to explain and justify this communitarian turn and give it a liberal interpretation.