{"product_id":"aristotelian-philosophy-9780745619774","title":"Aristotelian Philosophy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAristotle remains the most influential philosopher of practice, and this new book by Kelvin Knight explores the theoretical bases of what he said about ethical, political and productive activity. It traces ideas of action through St. Paul, Aquinas, Luther, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger and others, and then examines MacIntyres revolutionary contribution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kelvin Knight has done so much more to situate my thought historically, and to relate it to the philosophical and political thought of others, not only than I have ever done, but than I would ever have been able to do.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAlasdair MacIntyre in \u003ci\u003eAnalyse \u0026amp; Kritik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"A clear, judicious history of Aristotelianism in Western thought in order to explain the development of Alasdair MacIntyre's thought. The book is exceptionally well organized, and the analyses of the different interpreters of Aristotle - especially MacIntyre - are intelligently concise and probing. Highly recommended [for] upper-division undergraduates, graduate students and researchers\/faculty.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCharles E. Butterworth, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A very fine piece of scholarship ... [It] will be regularly used for teaching at postgraduate level.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePeter McMylor, (author of \u003ci\u003eAlasdair MacIntyre: Critic of Modernity\u003c\/i\u003e) writing in \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Well-structured and tightly packed without being impenetrable, it should prove vital to contemporary work on Aristotelianism and MacIntyre and more generally useful to advanced students of political theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of Moral Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Just as we can be grateful to MacIntyre for his revitalization of Aristotle in the present day, so too can we be grateful to Knight for a lucid and valuable account of MacIntyre's own thought. His book helps to clarify MacIntyre's philosophical lineage and in particular to re-assert the continued importance of his early Marxism. In so doing, it helps to make the case for \"revolutionary Aristotelianism\" as not the oxymoron it might initially appear, but rather a powerful contemporary alternative to both conservatism and liberal democracy.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNotre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Combines philosophical and historical erudition with clear prose and a sympathetic tone, and is highly recommended to students of the Aristotelian philosophical tradition as well as to anyone interested in learning more about the origins and nature of MacIntyre's distinctive Aristotelianism and its relationship to the tradition.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Legacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"At times highly technical due to its depth and nuance of complex concepts, \u003ci\u003eAristotelian Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is a welcome addition to college library and philosophical studies shelves.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing with passion and on the basis of deep knowledge of the evolution of MacIntyre’s thought, Knight argues convincingly that he effects an anti-elitist reformation of Aristotelian philosophy.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Kelvin Knight puts his readers greatly in debt for this masterful and erudite study of the history of Aristotelian philosophy, with particular emphasis on MacIntyre's place in that history. Notwithstanding his disclaimers in the conclusion, Knight has in fact produced a clear account of 'the conceptual subtleties and political implications' of MacIntyre's Aristotelianism elsewhere unmatched.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBruce Ballard, author of \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding MacIntyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Philosophically and historically informed, but written in an engaging and readable style, the book presents a stimulating and often distinctive account of key phases in the development of Aristotelian thought, culminating in an extended and sympathetic discussion of the work of Alasdair MacIntyre. Knight's account of MacIntyre's political philosophy is the best that I know of.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJohn Horton, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Keele\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an impressive intellectual history, both with respect to its account of the various receptions and transformations of Aristotelian practical philosophy generally and with respect to its account of the development and character of Alasdair MacIntyre's own distinctive Aristotelianism. With respect to the former: Aristotelianism is not a monolithic tradition, and Knight does a masterful job in pulling apart the Aristotelianisms that are elitist from those that are anti-elitist and in pulling apart those Aristotelianisms that are conservative from those that are revolutionary. With respect to the latter: MacIntyre's views are widely caricatured by shallow writers, and we have been much in need of an account of those views that shows just how radical and anti-elitist MacIntyre's Aristotelianism is; Knight's book fulfils this need with great thoroughness and skill.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMark Murphy, \u003ci\u003eGeorgetown University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Aristotle’s Theoretical and Practical Philosophy 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Christian Practice and Medieval Philosophy 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Aristotle in Germany 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Revolutionary Aristotelianism 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMacIntyre’s Marxism 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Aristotelianism’ 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Ethics 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitics 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAristotelianism’s Reformation 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 222\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 244\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767972561239,"sku":"9780745619774","price":21.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745619774.jpg?v=1758715745","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/aristotelian-philosophy-9780745619774","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}