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Olssen, Mark

Toward a global thin community Nietzsche, Foucault and the cosmopolitan commitment - Bouder Paradigm 2009 - ix,266p. ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-253) and index.

The thin community and liberalism -- The thinning of communitarianism -- Nietzsche's philosophy of the future -- Michel Foucault as thin communitarian : difference, community, democracy -- Friederich Hayek and global governance : on state sovereignty and legitimacy the politics of Utopia and the liberal theory of totalitarianism : Hayek, Popper and Foucault -- Pluralism and positive freedom : towards a critique of Isaiah Berlin -- From the Crick report to the Parekh report : multiculturalism, cultural difference, and democracyi -- Foucault, liberal education, and the issue of autonomy -- Toward a global thin community.

ISBN: 9781594514463

LCCN: 2008005958

Subjects--Personal Names:
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984.
Hayek, Friedrich A. von 1899-1992.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Liberalism.
Communitarianism.
Liberty.

LC Class. No.: JC574 / .O52 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 320.51 / OL-T