Archive for J. E. Chesher
Book Review: The Virtue of Liberty by Tibor R. Machan
The Foundation for Economic Education • 1994 • 176 pages • $19.95 cloth; $14.95 paperback Since the summer of 1990, Tibor Machan, Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University, has been lecturing throughout Europe as a Fellow for the Institute of Humane Studies. These lectures included audiences in Sweden, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, France, and his native [...]
1Oct1994 | J. E. Chesher | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Worker in Contemporary Society
Dr. Chesher is Professor of Philosophy at Santa Barbara City College. It is nearly commonplace now for intellectuals to think that we live in the “post-modern” era in which everything is subjected to not only close scrutiny but “deconstruction,” revision, interpretation, or some other possible adjustment in understanding. Yet such a reflexive way of thinking [...]
1Jul1994 | J. E. Chesher | 0 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Liberty & Culture by Tibor R. Machan
Prometheus Books, 700 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14215 • 1989 • 288 pages • $21.95 cloth I’ve just finished reading a delightfully thought-provoking and entertaining book, Liberty & Culture by Tibor Machan, professor of philosophy at Auburn University. Machan is widely published in professional journals and a frequent contributor to The Freeman. Though the great [...]
1Aug1992 | J. E. Chesher | 1 comment | Continued-
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