Contingent Relativism and Libertarian and Collectivist Meta-Narratives
John Locke
Abstract
In a recent op-ed essay in The Wall Street Journal, Charles Koch attacks collectivism and claims it is antithetical
to the American Ideal. This essay explores the conflict between collectivism and individualism from a postmodern
perspective and attempts to move beyond binary meta-narratives and employ a more holistic approach to analysis
in order to find common ground from which to address the issues that affect the economic and social wellbeing of
the American commonwealth.
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