Reason, Tradition, and the Good: MacIntyre's Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory

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Reason, TRadiTion, and The Good MacIntyre’s Tradition-Constituted Reason and Frankfurt School Critical Theory JeffeRy L. nichoLas University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana Copyright © 2012 by University of Notre Dame Press Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 www.undpress.nd.edu All Rights Reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nicholas, Jeffery, 1969– Reason, tradition, and the good : MacIntyre’s tradition-constituted reason and Frankfurt School critical theory / Jeffery L. Nicholas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-268-03664-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-268-03664-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) E-ISBN: 978-0-268-08764-7 1. Political science—Philosophy. 2. Reason. 3. Critical theory. 4. Political sociology. 5. Frankfurt school of sociology. 6. MacIntyre, Alasdair C. 7. Habermas, Jürgen. I. Title. JA71.N53 2012 320.01—dc23 2012014925 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. To JaneT I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. —Galileo Galilei When valour preys on reason, it eats the sword it fights with. —William Shakespeare Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. —Karl Marx ...