Modernity after Alasdair MacIntyre
Last month saw the passing of Alasdair MacIntyre in South Bend, IN, at the age of 96. One of the most original and influential philosophers of his age, MacIntyre ushered a paradigm shift in our thinking about morality and ethics (particularly virtue ethics, the subject of his most famous work) in relation to concepts in and of modernity.
From the beginning, Genealogies of Modernity—a journal/podcast/seminar series with support from National Endowment for the Humanities in collaboration with the Collegium Institute for Catholic Thought & Culture (University of Pennsylvania) and Beatrice Institute (Pittsburgh)—has been deeply invested in the questions that motivated MacIntyre’s work.
In honor of MacIntyre’s memory, here is a selection of articles from our archive that take up his legacy:
MacIntyre and Barfield on Remedies to the Catastrophe by Jeffrey Hipolito
Marcionism as a Genealogical Category by Cyril O’Regan
From Genealogy to a Hermeneutics of Tradition by Thomas Pfau
Discerning Genealogies: A Response to Thomas Pfau by Anthony C. Sciglitano
Sex Is Not a Metaphor: the Politics of the Modern Self by James Matthew Wilson
Three Genealogies: An Allegory by Terence Sweeney
The Sacredness of the Person by Sharon Kuruvilla
And here are some recent tributes from other publications around the globe:
Stanley Hauerwas on Alasdair MacIntyre Christianity Today
Philosopher Who Saw A “New Dark Ages” The New York Times
I Named This Baby After You: A Tribute to Alasdair MacIntyre Church Life Journal
Alasdair MacIntyre’s Work of Mercy The Lamp
Humanity According to Alasdair MacIntyre WSJ
Obit The Guardian
The Importance of MacIntyre First Things
MacIntyre and Modern Politics Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Remembering Alasdair MacIntyre The Hedgehog Review
de Nicola Center Mourns the Passing of Alasdair MacIntyre University of Notre Dame
Alasdair MacIntyre. Photo from Sean O’Connor, CC 2.0.