Family and the Politics of Moderation

Private Life, Public Goods, and the Rebirth of Social Individualism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

In Family and the Politics of Moderation, Lauren K. Hall argues that the family is a fulcrum upon which societal values balance. Hall describes a set of intermediate institutions that hold the power to alter polarized political and cultural views--churches, religious institutions, local governments, social organizations, and importantly, the family. For Hall the family moderates between broad collectivity and strict individualism. She contends that the family as an intermediate entity wields the strength to guide society between extreme viewpoints, be they social, political, or cultural. Family and the Politics of Moderation thus generates an imperative to ensure the survival of the family as an integral pillar of society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-01-17
Mått:162 x 236 x 21 mm
Vikt:481 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Baylor University Press
ISBN:9781602588011

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Lauren K. Hall is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology. She lives in Rochester, New York.

Recensioner i media

"Lauren K. Hall has written the definitive study on "social individualism." Hall's moderation isn't just a compromise; it reflects the truth we can see with our own eyes through philosophy and science." --Peter Lawler is Dana Professor of Government and International Studies, Berry College

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: A Familial Fulcrum1 Contemporary Liberalism, Human Nature, and the Family2 Marxism, Collectivism, and the Family3 Ayn Rand, Individualism, and the Family4 Montesquieu, Burke, and the Moderate Family5 Family Forms and the Social IndividualConclusion: Political Moderation and the Familial FulcrumNotesBibliographyIndex