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- catalog abstract ""This spirited analysis - and defense - of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The Virtues of Liberalism provides a convincing response to critics both right and left." "In contrast to prevailing tendencies to simplify and distort American liberalism. Kloppenberg shows how the multifaceted virtues of liberalism have inspired theorists and reformers from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison through Jane Addams and John Dewey to Martin Luther King, Jr., and then explains how these virtues persist in the work of some liberal democrats today. Endorsing the efforts of such neo-progressive and communitarian theorists and journalists as Michael Walzer, Jane Mans-bridge, Michael Sandel, and E.J. Dionne. Kloppenberg also offers a more acute analysis of the historical development of American liberalism and of the complex reasons why it has been transformed and made more vulnerable in recent decades."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10709117.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description ""This spirited analysis - and defense - of American liberalism demonstrates the complex and rich traditions of political, economic, and social discourse that have informed American democratic culture from the seventeenth century to the present. The Virtues of Liberalism provides a convincing response to critics both right and left." "In contrast to prevailing tendencies to simplify and distort American liberalism. Kloppenberg shows how the multifaceted virtues of liberalism have inspired theorists and reformers from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison through Jane Addams and John Dewey to Martin Luther King, Jr., and then explains how these virtues persist in the work of some liberal democrats today. Endorsing the efforts of such neo-progressive and communitarian theorists and journalists as Michael Walzer, Jane Mans-bridge, Michael Sandel, and E.J. Dionne. Kloppenberg also offers a more acute analysis of the historical development of American liberalism and of the complex reasons why it has been transformed and made more vulnerable in recent decades."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-231) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 240 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0195121406 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "320.51/0973 21".
- catalog subject "JC574.2.U6 K58 1998".
- catalog subject "Liberalism United States.".
- catalog title "The virtues of liberalism / James T. Kloppenberg.".
- catalog type "text".