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Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism

Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism Modernity, Conflict and Politics

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Bloomsbury Studies in the Aristotelian Tradition

Virtue Ethics and Contemporary Aristotelianism

Modernity, Conflict and Politics

Andrius Bielskis | Marco Sgarbi | Eleni Leontsini | Kelvin Knight

Philosophy / Political

This compelling and distinctive volume advances Aristotelianism by bringing its traditional virtue ethics to bear upon characteristically modern issues, such as the politics of economic power and egalitarian dispute.

This volume bridges the gap between Aristotle's philosophy and the multitude of contemporary Aristotelian theories that have been formulated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Part I draws on Aristotle's texts and Thomas Aquinas' Aristotelianism to examine the Aristotelian tradition of virtues, with a chapter by Alasdair MacIntyre contextualising the different readings of Aristotle's philosophy. Part II offers a critical engagement with MacIntyrean Aristotelianism, while Part III demonstrates the ongoing influence of Aristotelianism in contemporary theoretical debates on governance and politics.

Extensive in its historical scope, this is a valuable collection relating the tradition of virtue to modernity, which will be of interest to all working in virtue ethics and contemporary Aristotelian politics.

Andrius Bielskis is Professor of Political Philosophy and Director of the Centre of Aristotelian Studies and Critical Thought at Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.

Eleni Leontsini is Assistant Professor of the History of Philosophy at the University of Ioannina, Greece and Research Fellow at the Centre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania.

Kelvin Knight is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Aristotelian Studies and Critical Theory, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics & Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK.


Publication Date: 30 December 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-13: 9781350251465
Format: Paperback softback
Page Count: 236
Weight (oz): 12.8

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