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Alasdair MacIntyre, who died on 21 May, achieved the age-defying feat of somehow seeming ever-new, attracting ranks of young and energised readers while retaining a momentous tone of omen or even prophecy. His defence of Aristotle, Jason Blakely writes in The Tablet

His notion of an association or practice is never marked by ethnicity or nation In any case, reading After Virtue as a "real utopia" is a hobbyhorse of mine (academic article on it & it's an ingredient on a new book I'm writing on utopia with David Albertson ). RIP, to a great soul

I confess to not (at all) 'getting' MacIntyre, not because I've never enjoyed the read but because I have always rejected entirely the premise of the problem After Virtue was aiming to solve. "Nietzche or Aristotle" was never the question! Still, this is a great writeup.

This is excellent.

This piece does a wonderful job of conveying what made MacIntyre special and even life-changing for some. I'm also someone whose path to Catholicism was led in part by MacIntyre's question: "Nietzsche or Aristotle?" I have to admit, though, that looking back I wonder if...

“The creed of the English is that there is no God, and that it is wise to pray to him from time to time." -Alasdair Macintyre Quoted by Jason Blakely in an essay reflecting on Macintyre's life and legacy: thetablet.co.uk/features/virtu…

7. Lost in Ideology by Jason Blakely This works great in two ways. First, it serves as a very good over view of major ideological currents, something tk set besides The Worldly Philosophers And second, the actual point of it, of interpreting ideologies as...

Alasdair MacIntyre was "staunchly against both the state religion & nationalism that dominates the ideology of many of his fans..." An insightful piece on the late great philosopher of virtue ethics:

Virtue ethics – after Alasdair MacIntyre. A beautiful hommage by ⁦Jason Blakely⁩. thetablet.co.uk/features/virtu…

My tribute to MacInytre in Illiberalism Studies Program illiberalism.org/liberalisms-be…

En el ABC Cultural recomiendo tres libros para la #FeriadelLibro “San Pablo y la filosofía” Olivier Boulnois Editorial San Pablo España “La filosofía de Santo Tomás de Aquino. Un esbozo” Stephen L. Brock Ediciones Encuentro “Perdidos entre ideologías” Jasón Blakely Rialp 📚

Un repaso favorable de la traducción de mi libro *Perdidos Entre Ideologías* en ABC en Madrid Rialp 📚 ABC Cultural