Clor, H: On Moderation

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4813-1472-5
Verlag: Baylor University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Moderation suffers in today's culture of excesses. In resuscitating this discarded virtue, Harry Clor unveils the intrinsic power of moderation to influence and engage, from the public square to the deeply personal. A mature book from a senior scholar, On Moderation answers critics of this misunderstood value, demonstrating its continued relevance to human flourishing.

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Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Political Moderation: Balancing the Extremes
- Personal Moderation: Taming the Excess
- Philosophical Moderation: Tempering the Mind
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Suggested Readings
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Harry Clor (Ph.D. University of Chicago) is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Kenyon College. He is the author of: Public Morality and Liberal Society: Essays on Decency, Law, and Pornography (1996), The Mass Media and Modern Democracy: Essays (1974), and Obscenity and Public Morality: Censorship in a Liberal Society (1971).