Acknowledgments and Dedication
Introduction
1. Phenomenology and Ontology
Historical and Intellectual Background of Scheler's Thought
Lebensphilosophie
Nietzsche
Bergson
Dilthey
Eucken
Phenomenology
Husserl's Idealism
Scheler's Realism
Revival of Metaphysics
2. Person, Other, Community
Act and Person
Genesis of the Person
Ontongenesis
Morphogenesis
Person and Other, Sociality and Intersubjectivity
World
Nature
History
3. Personalism as Political Theory
Beyond a Schelerian Political Theory
Models and Leaders: Extending the Purview of Politics
Power: Morality and Politics
Personalist Socialism, Personalist Democracy
4. Personalism and Modern Politics
Bourgeois Liberalism
Formalism
Individualism
Motivation
Rationalism
Personalism, Liberalism, and Political Legitimacy
Bourgeois Marxism
Dialectical Materialism
Class and Species Subjectivity
Critique of Ideology
Personalism and Marxism
Conclusion: An Evaluation of Personalism as Political Theory
The Problem of Transformation
The Problem of Value Perception
Notes
Bibliography
Primary Works
Secondary Literature
Name Index
Subject Index