Virtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism

Berkowitz has a talent for careful reading of works of political theoryacute analysis and clear formulation. All of these make this book a pleasureto read it is... » 

Berkowitz has a talent for careful reading of works of political theoryacute analysis and clear formulation. All of these make this book a pleasureto read it is the best written book on political theory I have read in sometime.Jerry Muller The Catholic University of AmericaThis is anengaging readable and persuasive study. Berkowitz conveys a fresh sense ofearly liberalism that will stimulate reflection even among scholars who havelong studied it as well as among more general readers.Rogers M. Smith YaleUniversityVirtue and the Making of Modern Liberalism offers both apenetrating analysis of the debate over virtue within modern liberal theory andpractice and a careful account of the role of virtue in the classical liberaltradition. . . . This fairminded book advances our understanding of animportant topic and deserves a wide audience.William A. Galston Universityof Maryland «