By Thomas D. D'Andrea
Culture, Rationality, and advantage presents the 1st finished and exact remedy of the paintings of Alasdair MacIntyre. during this ebook Thomas D'Andrea provides an obtainable severe examine of the whole diversity of MacIntyre's proposal throughout moral concept, psychoanalytic idea, social and political philosophy, Marxist thought, and the philosophy of faith. relocating from the roots of MacIntyre's suggestion in moral inquiry, this e-book examines MacIntyre's therapy of Marx, Christianity, and the character of human motion and discusses extensive the advance and purposes of MacIntyre's After advantage venture. The booklet culminates in an exam of significant inner and exterior criticisms of MacIntyre's paintings and a attention of its destiny instructions.
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