{"title":"J. Toby Reiner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJ. Toby Reiner\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the dynamics of society and political thought. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eCommunity\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMichael Walzer\u003c\/em\u003e, delve deeply into the ideals and realities that shape contemporary communal and political life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful analysis rooted in \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePolitics \u0026amp; Current Affairs\u003c\/em\u003e, inviting reflection on the balance between individual and collective responsibilities in democratic societies.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"community-by-j-toby-reiner-9781509552092","title":"Community","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople often yearn for a sense of belonging and connection: they long to live in a meaningful community. In the modern age, however, this often seems to be a chimera. Does modernity doom us to be atomised individuals? Does the promise of community imply a loss of autonomy and freedom and entrench inequality and hierarchy?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCommunity\u003c\/em\u003e, J. Toby Reiner examines the debates surrounding community in modern political and social thought. He outlines how liberals, conservatives, socialists, and nationalists have historically conceived of the ties that bind together political communities, and how recent political philosophers such as Rawls, Taylor, Walzer, and Sandel have debated the nature and merits of community in the contemporary world. He goes on to consider how prominent conceptions of community relate to and are in tension with characteristically modern ideals such as equality and freedom. He deftly shows how a meaningful conception of community can be reconciled with the demands of modern liberal societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFilled with real-life examples and thought-provoking discussions of the key debates, this book will be essential reading for students of contemporary political theory and philosophy and of sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46789739020524,"sku":"9781509552092","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/12543173482725.jpg?v=1756960643"},{"product_id":"michael-walzer-by-j-toby-reiner-9781509526307","title":"Michael Walzer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Walzer\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the world’s most important political thinkers, whose major works, such as \u003cem\u003eSpheres of Justice\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eJust and Unjust Wars\u003c\/em\u003e, have transformed many central debates in contemporary political philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Toby J. Reiner provides the most wide-ranging and up-to-date introduction to his work available. Reiner examines his writings on topics ranging from justice in war, humanitarian intervention, and migration ethics to distributive justice, multiculturalism, and the political role of religion. Situating Walzer’s thought in the intellectual environment of post-war American leftist politics, Reiner demonstrates the importance of his attempt to provide a social-democratic alternative to liberalism, Marxism, and post-modernism. He shows that Walzer has developed a novel approach to political theory based on the thesis that human communities construct the values that give meaning to their lives, giving his work a significance that goes well beyond political theory, into political and social science more broadly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReiner not only provides a crystal clear guide to Walzer’s ideas for students of political philosophy and general readers, but also develops an original and illuminating new interpretation of his thought that no political theorist can afford to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455636324588,"sku":"9781509526307","price":40.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61ASwwayZCL.jpg?v=1774789483"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/collections\/j-toby-reiner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}