Books by Bernard Yack

The author offers a new interpretation of Aristotelian thought by describing Aristotle's belief of community as a conflict-ridden fact of everyday life, as well as an ideal of social harmony. He then goes on to describe how Aristotelian ideas can provide insight into contemporary politics.

How is it that the nation, a relatively old form of community, has risen to such prominence in an era so strongly identified with the individual? The author argues that it is the inadequacy of our understanding of community - and especially the moral psychology that animates it - that has made this question so difficult to answer.