Over at the Liberty and Law blog I am writing a series of essays in which I examine Robert Nisbet’s ideas in light of contemporary austerity. In the first essay I reflect on how the over-reach of the administrative state is making some space for the rise of intermediary institutions to develop. In the second essay I offer a sharp contrast between the Progressive construction of community, which depends on both individualism and collectivism, and a more conservative communitarianism that stresses self-reliance rather than individualism. Parts three and four to follow.
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- Liberated From Community? Was Nisbet wrong about the quest for community?...
- Progressive Liberalism Or: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Big Government American Liberalism: An Interpretation for Our Time by John McGowan. ...
- Libertarians and Others Talking about Traditionalism An argument about tradition commences....
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Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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