Communitarianism In the 1980s communitarians displaced Marxists as the most prominent critics of liberal political theory. Communitarians share a belief that liberalism is excessively individualistic or atomistic, ignoring people's dependence on...

Communitarianism is a relatively recent development in political theory, largely of American origin. It was formulated mainly from a right-wing perspective by those dissatisfied with liberal democracy. In Europe, and particularly the United Kingdom, it...

An economic philosophy sometimes called the THIRD WAY that is opposed to the doctrine of INDIVIDUALISM and the praise of ECONOMIC MAN. A collectivist successor to socialism that opposes...

Communitarianism is a social philosophy that core assumption is the required shared ("social") formulations of the good. The assumption is both empirical (social life exhibits shared values) and normative (shared values ought to be...

Communitarianism, as a group of related but distinct philosophies, began in the late 20th century, opposing individualism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Not necessarily hostile to social liberalism or even social democracy,...

Infrastructure: Washington's response to the recent bridge collapse in Minneapolis -- a proposal to hike the fuel tax -- was typical. Why not consider privatization instead?But that, too, will get a knee-jerk reaction from politicians and bureaucrats so encrusted with obsolete notions that they can't...

Any museum that devotes an exhibition to the neo-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is guaranteed boffo box office receipts. Few artists have achieved as much posthumous celebrity or, rather, had it thrust upon them. Myth has all but engulfed the man. Van Gogh’s sister-in-law,...

Conquering adversity is the common theme in the autobiographical accounts of American politicians from Ben Franklin to Bill Clinton: As our hero struggles to overcome an unjust fate, public life presents itself as the solution to a set of personal difficulties. As he makes...

Conquering adversity is the common theme in the autobiographical accounts of American politicians from Ben Franklin to Bill Clinton: As our hero struggles to overcome an unjust fate, public life presents itself as the solution to a set of personal difficulties. As he makes clear...