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Community and Ideology (Routledge Revivals) : An Essay in Applied Social Philosphy

Plant, Raymond [Verfasser]

1st ed.

Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2009

Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest

1 Online-Ressource (82 pages)

Routledge Revivals

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978-0-203-09234-7 ; 978-0-415-55768-9

 

Initially published in 1974, this is a work of applied social and political philosophy which relates the philsophical analysis to various forms of community work theory and practice. Raymond Plant emphasizes that 'community' has a wide range of both descriptive meanings and evaluative connotations, linking this dual role of the word in the description and evaluation of social experience to its history in ideological confrontations. The book takes account of some liberal criticisms of the community ideal, and finally seeks to re-state a theory of community compatible with a liberal ideology.