Taking Community Seriously?

Aneta Gawkowska

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liberalizm, wspólnotowość, indywidualizm, komunitarianizm, liberalism, communitariarism, indyvidualism

Jakiś czas temu wielu sądziło, że debata tzw. komunitarian z liberałami jest modą jednego sezonu i zniknie z horyzontu myśli społeczno-politycznej tak szybko, jak się pojawiła. Czas pokazał, że komunitaryzm to nie przelotna moda, ale stały punkt k...

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS8
FOREWORD10
GENERAL INTRODUCTION14
Chapter I: NEUTRALITY, AUTONOMY, AND ORDER: THE THEORY OF AMITAI ETZIONI UNDER SCRUTINY20
Introduction20
1.a. Etzioni’s Picture of the Self21
1.b. Community and Autonomy in Etzioni’s Theory23
1.c. Layered Loyalty and Its Fostering25
2.a. A Critique of Etzioni’s Portrayal of the Self26
2.b. Etzioni’s Standing on Autonomy Examined30
2.c. Etzioni’s Standing on Social Order Examined35
2.d. Conflicts and Equilibria Scrutinized38
Conclusions: No Way Out of the Conflict?47
Chapter II: DISHARMONIOUS PLURALITY OF COMMUNITIES: MICHAEL WALZER’S ATTEMPT TO SAVE LIBERALISM50
1.a. The Individual and the Community50
Introduction50
1.b. The Social Goods52
1.c. Pluralism and Disharmony53
2.a. Analysis of Walzer’s Idea of the Self55
2.b. Analysis of Walzer’s Understanding of Social Goods58
2.c. Analysis of Pluralism and Disharmony62
Conclusions66
Chapter III: THE SELF-GOVERNMENT OF THE ENCUMBERED SELVES: MICHAEL J. SANDEL’S LONGINGS FOR THE REPUBLICAN TRADITION68
Introduction68
1.a. The Encumbered Self Described69
1.b. The Republican Community72
2.a. Problems with Sandelian Selves74
2.b. The Republican Community Revisited77
Conclusions82
Chapter IV: MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF DIALOGICAL SELVES: CHARLES TAYLOR’S HOLISTIC ORDER THROUGH ARTICULATION84
Introduction84
1.a. Taylor’s Vision of the Dialogical Self85
1.b. The Goals and the Goods87
1.c. Recognition in Politics89
2.a. Does Dialog Exclude Atomism?92
2.b. Does Logos Need Affirmation?94
2.c. Who Really Needs Recognition?100
Conclusions103
Chapter V: VIRTUES, PRACTICES, GOODS, AND TRADITIONS: ALASDAIR MACINTYRE’S ALTERNATIVE TO LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM104
Introduction104
1.a. The Dependent, Rational, and Social Animal105
1.b. Incommensurability of Goods and Traditions?111
1.c. State vs. Community115
2.a&b. Is MacIntyre a Realist? Contextualism and/or Universalism118
2.c. Why and How to Stay Local?123
Conclusions126
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS: REALITY AND HOPE?128
BIBLIOGRAPHY144

GENERALINTRODUCTION

Aprominentliberaloncewrote:HThehardtruthisthis:Thereisno

moralmeaninghiddeninthebowelsoftheuniverse.”1Itakethesewords

asexpressingthemostessentialcoreandcreedoftheliberalfaith.Why

faith?Becauseitrequiresaninitialpremiseliketheonejuststated,which

isnotsupportedwithunquestionableevidencebut,instead,remains

apropositionopenfordebate.Itseemstomethatpreciselythisinitial

premisegivesthebestaccountforsubsequentliberalpostulateslike

pluralismofconﬂictingvalues,theautonomyoftheindividual,orthe

neutralityofthestate.However,thepracticeofliberalstateshasrecently

shownsomenegativeside-effectsoffollowingtheseideals.Preoccupation

withprotectingtherightsoftheindividual,whichbecametheultimate

goalandconcernoftheliberalregime,resultedinthesubstantialgrowth

ofatomizationofthemodernliberalsocieties.Consequently,anumberof

scholarsandpoliticalactivistsin1980’sand1990’sraisedtheissueofthe

lossofcommunityintheWesternpoliticalthoughtandpractice.Quite

understandably,theysooncametoberecognizedascommunitarians,

thoughmostofthemwereuneasywiththenewlabel.

Theobviousandprofounddifferencesbetweenthewaysthatthe

particularcommunitarianscholarsaddressedtheproblemsofliberal

philosophyandpracticemakeitquitedifﬁculttoestablishtheessenceof

communitarianism.Still,thepointremainsthatalloftheintellectuals

whoarecommonlyconsideredcommunitariandoaddressmoreorlessthe

sameissues,suchastheplaceofindividualversushisorhercommunity,

1BruceA.Ackerman,SocialJusticeintheLiberalState,NewHaven:YaleUniversity

Press,1980,p.368.