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Author:   Paul W. Ludwig (St John's College, Annapolis)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.620kg
ISBN:  

9781107022966

ISBN 10:   1107022967
Pages:   362
Publication Date:   09 January 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. Foundations of Friendship: 1. Friendship from identity: recognizing anger in the politics of recognition; 2. Friendships from utility and activity: toward a more realistic social policy (and more idealistic civil society); Part II. Where is Civic Friendship Today?: 3. How associations replaced civic friendships: why altruism conspires with self-interest to produce the 'free rider'; 4. Why associations are really civic friendships: finding the balance between associations and the state; Part III. A Different Way to View Liberalism: 5. From communitarianism to civic friendship: broadening out beyond associations; 6. Commercial society and civic friendship: property and liberty are preconditions of friendship; 7. Mass society and civic friendship: the basic agreement that citizens cherish; Part IV. Conclusion: 8. What is the use of civic friendship: sheltering liberal practices from the effects of liberal theory; List of works cited; Index.

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'Paul W. Ludwig's extraordinary study of civic friendship is a call to return to Aristotle the master of fact and subtlety and to Aristotle's early liberal critics. Dissatisfied with liberalism today as to what makes citizens into fellows, Ludwig offers analysis and advice to sharpen and redirect our vague sentiments and beliefs. A book for all to learn from.' Harvey Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California 'Paul W. Ludwig's extraordinary study of civic friendship is a call to return to Aristotle the master of fact and subtlety and to Aristotle's early liberal critics. Dissatisfied with liberalism today as to what makes citizens into fellows, Ludwig offers analysis and advice to sharpen and redirect our vague sentiments and beliefs. A book for all to learn from.' Harvey Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard University and Hoover Institution, Stanford University, California

Paul Ludwig's extraordinary study of civic friendship is a call to return to Aristotle the master of fact and subtlety and to Aristotle's early liberal critics. Dissatisfied with liberalism today as to what makes citizens into fellows, Ludwig offers analysis and advice to sharpen and redirect our vague sentiments and beliefs. A book for all to learn from. Harvey Mansfield, Kenan Professor of Government, Harvard and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford

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Paul W. Ludwig teaches liberal arts at St John's College, Annapolis. He is the author of Eros and Polis: Desire and Community in Greek Political Theory (Cambridge, 2002) and has contributed articles to the American Journal of Philology and the American Political Science Review.

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