Thomas L. Pangle is professor of political science at the University of Toronto. His many acclaimed publications include Montesquieu's Philosophy of Liberalsim and The Spirit of Modern Republicanism: The Moral Vision of the American Founders and the Philosophy of Locke. He has also published a number of translations of Platonic dialogues, including The Laws of Plato and The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues.

A deeply thoughtful book. -- Stephen L. Elkin American Political Science Review

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Postmodern PredicamentPart I: The Inadequacy of the Postmodernist ResponseChapter 1. Postmodernism and the Avant-GardeChapter 2. The Heideggerian Roots of Postmodernism Chapter 3. "Weak Thinking"Chapter 4. American PostmodernismPart II: The Spiritual Challenges of the Post-Cold War EraChapter 5. The Challenge For And From EuropeChapter 6. The Need to Rethink Our Rights and Our RepublicanismPart III: Revitalizing the Intellectual Roots of Civid CultureChapter 7. Reinvigorating the Legacy of Classical Republicanism Chapter 8. Rethinking the Foundations of LiberalismPart IV: Education: Civic and LiberalChapter 9. Retrieving Civic Educations as the Heart of American Public SchoolingChapter 10. Against Cannons and Canonicity: Dialectic as the Heart of Higher EducationSelect List of Works CitedIndex

Thomas L. Pangle is professor of political science at the University of Toronto. His many acclaimed publications include Montesquieu's Philosophy of Liberalsim and The Spirit of Modern Republicanism: The Moral Vision of the American Founders and the Philosophy of Locke. He has also published a number of translations of Platonic dialogues, including The Laws of Plato and The Roots of Political Philosophy: Ten Forgotten Socratic Dialogues.

A deeply thoughtful book. -- Stephen L. Elkin American Political Science Review

• Acknowledgements Introduction: The Postmodern PredicamentPart I: The Inadequacy of the Postmodernist ResponseChapter 1. Postmodernism and the Avant-GardeChapter 2. The Heideggerian Roots of Postmodernism Chapter 3. "Weak Thinking"Chapter 4. American PostmodernismPart II: The Spiritual Challenges of the Post-Cold War EraChapter 5. The Challenge For And From EuropeChapter 6. The Need to Rethink Our Rights and Our RepublicanismPart III: Revitalizing the Intellectual Roots of Civid CultureChapter 7. Reinvigorating the Legacy of Classical Republicanism Chapter 8. Rethinking the Foundations of LiberalismPart IV: Education: Civic and LiberalChapter 9. Retrieving Civic Educations as the Heart of American Public SchoolingChapter 10. Against Cannons and Canonicity: Dialectic as the Heart of Higher EducationSelect List of Works CitedIndex