Family and the Politics of Moderation

Lauren K. Hall is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology. She lives in Rochester, New York.

Introduction: A Familial Fulcrum 1 Contemporary Liberalism, Human Nature, and the Family 2 Marxism, Collectivism, and the Family 3 Ayn Rand, Individualism, and the Family 4 Montesquieu, Burke, and the Moderate Family 5 Family Forms and the Social Individual Conclusion: Political Moderation and the Familial Fulcrum Notes Bibliography Index

"Lauren K. Hall has written the definitive study on "social individualism." Hall's moderation isn't just a compromise; it reflects the truth we can see with our own eyes through philosophy and science." --Peter Lawler is Dana Professor of Government and International Studies, Berry College "With graceful prose and impressive learning, Lauren Hall makes the case for the family as the 'fulcrum' that balances the individualist and collectivist impulses of human beings and thus does justice to individual importance and the social nature of humankind." --Daniel J. Mahoney, Augustine Chair in Distinguished Scholarship, Assumption College ...Hall's fine and revealing book describes, at a general level, the principles and contradictions in which family life dwells. -- Scott Yenor, Boise State University -- Society