Walk Away

This book examines key twentieth-century philosophers, theologians, and social scientists who began their careers with commitments to the political left only later to reappraise or reject those commitments due to changes in the culture, economics, and politics.

Lee Trepanier is professor of political science at Saginaw Valley State University. Grant Havers is professor of philosophy and political studies at Trinity Western University.

Chapter 1: James Burnham: From Left to Right Paul Gottfried Chapter 2: Pondering the People: Willmoore Kendall's Intellectual Path From Progressive to Conservative Populism Christopher H. Owen Chapter 3: "Mugged by Reality": The Neoconservative Turn Lee Trepanier Chapter 4: George Grant and Charles Taylor: Canadian Owls Ron Dart Chapter 5: Alasdair MacIntyre's Revolutionary Peripateticism Kelvin Knight Chapter 6: Benedict Ashley's Reappraisal of Marxism Christopher S. Morrissey Chapter 7: Christopher Lasch: A Reconsideration Jeremy Beer Chapter 8: The Failure of Marxism through the Frankfurt School and Jürgen Habermas Pedro Blas González Chapter 9: Analytical Marxism and the Meaning of Historicism: Reflections on Kai Nielsen and G. A. Cohen Grant Havers