DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-DD096-1
Version: v1, Published online: 2006
Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/murray-andrew-howson-1905-97/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 2006
Retrieved May 06, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/murray-andrew-howson-1905-97/v-1
Article Summary
One of the leading South African philosophers of the twentieth century, Murray was best known as a public intellectual and for his work in political thought. He was deeply influenced by the Calvinist tradition and by British idealism, finding in both the premises for what he called a liberal political pluralism. An opponent of communism and individualism, Murray was led by this pluralism to embrace a mitigated form of apartheid, which be believed would preserve cultural diversity and ensure authentic cultural development.
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Sweet, William. Murray, Andrew Howson (1905–97), 2006, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-DD096-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/murray-andrew-howson-1905-97/v-1.
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