Glenn Tinder
Biographic Data
| ID | 963689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenn Tinder |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenn |
| FAMILY NAME | Tinder |
| SIGNATURE | TINDER G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Boston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 19 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Glorious Myth
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The Core of Freedom
As a protest, the argument of Professors Glenn and Stack is valid and important. That the realm of public debate is largely closed to those who stand explicitly on Judaic and Christian principles is an intellectual scandal. This closure, of course, is the doing not of the courts (even though it accords with attitudes quite evident in the courts) but of academicians, journalists, and various political activists who are quick to rule any appeal to …
The Moral Amnesia of Modernity
Walking in Ernest Fortin's scholarly universe is a great pleasure. One breathes an atmosphere of serenity, good sense, and profound erudition. Fortin is at once highly serious yet often amusing; he is both learned and unpretentious; he is frequently skeptical but never unpleasant or destructive. The traveler in his universe encounters not only a great number of interesting discussions but also particularly brilliant pieces, such as “The Bible Mad…
A Kind of Life Imposed on Man
The Political Meaning of Christianity
The Political Meaning of Christianity
Christianity and the Welfare State
Tocqueville saw democracy as a form of government and society that was basically valid yet liable to produce unpleasant, even disastrous, surprises. Today we may look on one of the major manifestations of democracy, the welfare state, in like fashion. Although it marks an enhancement of economic justice, it has had some disturbing consequences. These include the rise of an immense federal bureaucracy and (if we understand the welfare state as com…
Tolerance
In Defense of Pure Tolerance
Though tolerance arose as a necessary evil, not an intrinsically good system, Tinder writes, might we not find a stronger defense of it than has typically been offered? Typically those most identified with "community" have been unsympathetic to tolerance, whose defenders were the individualists. Tinder seeks to reverse the traditional alliances, by deriving the principle of tolerance from the ideal of community. Tolerance is not without its dange…
Transcending Tragedy
This article belongs in the area of what Karl Jaspers calls "existential elucidation." It is concerned less with political ideals than with the relationship of the person to those ideals and to the realities that often contradict them.During recent centuries political activity has been increasingly governed by the confidence that history is under human control. The tragedies and disappointments of the twentieth century, however, cast serious doub…
Liberalism and the Death of Political PhilosophyHuman Nature and History
Eschatology and Politics
THE outlook implicit in eschatology — that worldly events are moving toward a climax in which history will be terminated, and its trends overruled or fulfilled, according to a divine determination — is dim and implausible in the modern mind. The Biblical and Augustinian pictures of the end of history, the resurrection of the dead, and the Last Judgment, are likely to seem the most outworn vestments of religious faith; and even without these parti…
On The Crisis of Political Imagination
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Is Liberalism Out-of-Date
Modern Society and the Realms of Spirit
There is a wide measure of agreement among contemporary observers that something is seriously wrong in modern industrial society. As to the exact nature of the disorder there are differences of opinion: some denounce above all a vulgarization of culture which they see as stemming from the supremacy of mass taste; others view modern men as victims of the illnesses of overorganization, with all spontaneity and uniqueness increasingly compressed wit…
The Necessity of Historicism
American students of society and politics for the most part view “historicism”—the ascription to history of an overall direction and goal—with attitudes ranging from skepticism to overt hostility. In the general view, no valid propositions can be framed concerning matters so shrouded in darkness as the course and the end of history. Indeed it may well be asked, when we use such terms, whether we are referring to realities or merely to inventions …
Human Estrangement and the Failure of Political Imagination
ItIs A well-known human tendency to continue applying remedies after the problem for which they are suitable has been solved. Concentration on a particular difficulty becomes habitual to such a degree that its disappearance may not be immediately realized. And new problems may take its place for some time without being noticed
Baruch Spinoza and Western Democracy
The Philosophy of J. S. Mill
In Defense of Pure Tolerance
Though tolerance arose as a necessary evil, not an intrinsically good system, Tinder writes, might we not find a stronger defense of it than has typically been offered? Typically those most identified with "community" have been unsympathetic to tolerance, whose defenders were the individualists. Tinder seeks to reverse the traditional alliances, by deriving the principle of tolerance from the ideal of community. Tolerance is not without its dange…
Transcending Tragedy
This article belongs in the area of what Karl Jaspers calls "existential elucidation." It is concerned less with political ideals than with the relationship of the person to those ideals and to the realities that often contradict them.During recent centuries political activity has been increasingly governed by the confidence that history is under human control. The tragedies and disappointments of the twentieth century, however, cast serious doub…
Eschatology and Politics
THE outlook implicit in eschatology — that worldly events are moving toward a climax in which history will be terminated, and its trends overruled or fulfilled, according to a divine determination — is dim and implausible in the modern mind. The Biblical and Augustinian pictures of the end of history, the resurrection of the dead, and the Last Judgment, are likely to seem the most outworn vestments of religious faith; and even without these parti…
Is Liberalism Out-of-Date
Human Estrangement and the Failure of Political Imagination
ItIs A well-known human tendency to continue applying remedies after the problem for which they are suitable has been solved. Concentration on a particular difficulty becomes habitual to such a degree that its disappearance may not be immediately realized. And new problems may take its place for some time without being noticed
On The Crisis of Political Imagination
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Necessity of Historicism
American students of society and politics for the most part view “historicism”—the ascription to history of an overall direction and goal—with attitudes ranging from skepticism to overt hostility. In the general view, no valid propositions can be framed concerning matters so shrouded in darkness as the course and the end of history. Indeed it may well be asked, when we use such terms, whether we are referring to realities or merely to inventions …
The Philosophy of J. S. Mill
Baruch Spinoza and Western Democracy
Human Estrangement and the Failure of Political Imagination
ItIs A well-known human tendency to continue applying remedies after the problem for which they are suitable has been solved. Concentration on a particular difficulty becomes habitual to such a degree that its disappearance may not be immediately realized. And new problems may take its place for some time without being noticed
Modern Society and the Realms of Spirit
There is a wide measure of agreement among contemporary observers that something is seriously wrong in modern industrial society. As to the exact nature of the disorder there are differences of opinion: some denounce above all a vulgarization of culture which they see as stemming from the supremacy of mass taste; others view modern men as victims of the illnesses of overorganization, with all spontaneity and uniqueness increasingly compressed wit…
The Necessity of Historicism
American students of society and politics for the most part view “historicism”—the ascription to history of an overall direction and goal—with attitudes ranging from skepticism to overt hostility. In the general view, no valid propositions can be framed concerning matters so shrouded in darkness as the course and the end of history. Indeed it may well be asked, when we use such terms, whether we are referring to realities or merely to inventions …
Is Liberalism Out-of-Date
Eschatology and Politics
THE outlook implicit in eschatology — that worldly events are moving toward a climax in which history will be terminated, and its trends overruled or fulfilled, according to a divine determination — is dim and implausible in the modern mind. The Biblical and Augustinian pictures of the end of history, the resurrection of the dead, and the Last Judgment, are likely to seem the most outworn vestments of religious faith; and even without these parti…
On The Crisis of Political Imagination
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Liberalism and the Death of Political PhilosophyHuman Nature and History
In Defense of Pure Tolerance
Though tolerance arose as a necessary evil, not an intrinsically good system, Tinder writes, might we not find a stronger defense of it than has typically been offered? Typically those most identified with "community" have been unsympathetic to tolerance, whose defenders were the individualists. Tinder seeks to reverse the traditional alliances, by deriving the principle of tolerance from the ideal of community. Tolerance is not without its dange…
Transcending Tragedy
This article belongs in the area of what Karl Jaspers calls "existential elucidation." It is concerned less with political ideals than with the relationship of the person to those ideals and to the realities that often contradict them.During recent centuries political activity has been increasingly governed by the confidence that history is under human control. The tragedies and disappointments of the twentieth century, however, cast serious doub…
Tolerance
Christianity and the Welfare State
Tocqueville saw democracy as a form of government and society that was basically valid yet liable to produce unpleasant, even disastrous, surprises. Today we may look on one of the major manifestations of democracy, the welfare state, in like fashion. Although it marks an enhancement of economic justice, it has had some disturbing consequences. These include the rise of an immense federal bureaucracy and (if we understand the welfare state as com…
The Political Meaning of Christianity
The Political Meaning of Christianity
The Moral Amnesia of Modernity
Walking in Ernest Fortin's scholarly universe is a great pleasure. One breathes an atmosphere of serenity, good sense, and profound erudition. Fortin is at once highly serious yet often amusing; he is both learned and unpretentious; he is frequently skeptical but never unpleasant or destructive. The traveler in his universe encounters not only a great number of interesting discussions but also particularly brilliant pieces, such as “The Bible Mad…
A Kind of Life Imposed on Man
The Core of Freedom
As a protest, the argument of Professors Glenn and Stack is valid and important. That the realm of public debate is largely closed to those who stand explicitly on Judaic and Christian principles is an intellectual scandal. This closure, of course, is the doing not of the courts (even though it accords with attitudes quite evident in the courts) but of academicians, journalists, and various political activists who are quick to rule any appeal to …
Glorious Myth
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
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