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Communitarianism

Communitarianism is a philosophical movement of the late 20th century which opposes certain aspects of liberalism and capitalism while advocating phenomena such as civil society. Authors usually included are:

• Michael Sandel
• Charles Taylor
• Alasdair MacIntyre
• Robert Bellah
• Ben Barber
• Martha Nussbaum
• Michael Walzer

Some of the original communitarians include:

• Plato
• Aristotle

The communitarian philosophy places a high value on the good of the collective, as opposed to the good of the individual.

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• http://www.janda.org/b20/News%20articles/GW%2C%20the%20Communitarian.htm
• "Communitarianism", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• "Communitarianism", Infed Encyclopedia.
• Fareed Zakaria, The ABCs of Communitarianism. A devil's dictionary, Slate, July 26, 1996.
• Robert Putnam, Communitarianism, National Public Radio, February 5, 2001: "The term 'Third Way' was used to describe President Clinton's form of liberalism. Now 'Communitarianism' is being used in the same way to describe President Bush's form of conservatism. They're both an attempt to create a middle ground...an alternative to the liberal-conservative paradigm."
• Conrad F. Goeriger, A Wider Bush Plan for Religious 'Communitarianism'. Secularism, Individualism Are The Targets In A New Culture War, American Atheist, August 1, 2001.

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