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978-1-78348-303-7 • Hardback • July 2016 • $155.00 • (£119.00)
978-1-78348-304-4 • Paperback • July 2016 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
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Aleksandar Fatić is Professor of Philosophy at the Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory at the University of Belgrade.
Introduction / 1. Value, Virtue and Character-Formation /2. Solidarity in a Participatory Democracy / 3. Sympathy and Love: Max Scheler / 4. Culture and the Learning of Identity / 5. Emotions, Value and Social Status / 6. The Possibility of Freedom in Learned Identities / 7. Trust, Social Capital and the Integrative Community / 8. Virtue and Collective Identities / 9. What is there to be Learned From ‘Organic Communities’? / 10. Conclusion: An ‘Illiberal’ Perspective on Identity and Value / Bibliography / Index
I find Fatić’s social and political critiques praiseworthy.... Many of Fatić’s suggestions for improvement are also apt and well-reasoned... Fatić’s social commentary is expert and refreshing.
— Philosophical Practice
This thoroughly argued and well written book will cause a lot of controversy because it challenges some basic notions of philosophy, psychology and even law, which assume a moral autonomy of the individual. Fatić deftly argues in favour of a society that cares about its members in a moral sense rather than just satisfies material interests. His logic also has some unexpected and disturbing consequences: If there is no moral autonomy of the individual, then western born jihadists confront the deficiencies of western societies whose lack of care has triggered such radical defections.
— Klaus Bachmann, Professor of Political Sciences at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland
Aleksandar Fatic delivers a trenchant critique of post-liberalism's moral bankruptcy, and the depravities inculcated by its centrally-institutionalized values. He argues lucidly and passionately for the re-empowerment of local organic communities as antidotes to the monolithic turpitudes and dysfunctional policies of post-liberal statism.
— Lou Marinoff, Professor of Philosophy, The City College of New York