Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions

Burns, Tony

Abstract

In what follows I shall consider what Alasdair MacIntyre has to say about utopianism, from the standpoint of someone who has an interest in the kind of politics that takes place within social institutions. The discussion has two parts. In the first part I survey the various comments that MacIntyre has made about utopianism in his writings over the years, from the publication of After Virtue in 1981 down to the present. In the second part I discuss the relevance of these ideas for those seeking to develop a critique of the uses and abuses of power within contemporary social institutions.

Citation

Burns, T. (2019). Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism and the politics of social institutions. International Critical Thought, 9(3), 447-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/21598282.2019.1647550

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 12, 2018
• Online Publication Date: Sep 19, 2019
• Publication Date: Sep 19, 2019
• Deposit Date: Apr 13, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 20, 2021
• Journal: International Critical Thought
• Print ISSN: 2159-8282
• Electronic ISSN: 2159-8312
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 447-462
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21598282.2019.1647550
• Keywords: Alasdair MacIntyre, utopianism, politics of social institutions, practices and institutions, corporatism
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/924797
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21598282.2019.1647550
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [International Critical Thought on 19/09/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21598282.2019.1647550
• Contract Date: Apr 13, 2018