Books by Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun, Dilip Gaonkar, and Charles Taylor argue that democracies have embraced individual freedom at the expense of equality and solidarity, economic growth at the expense of democracy. Rebuilding local communities and large-scale institutions is now crucial, with attention to the public good beyond private advantage or ingroup loyalty.

The new form of "humanitarian government" emerging from natural disasters and military occupations that reduces people to mere lives to be rescued.