Which political philosophers were associated with academic communitarianism?

Academic communitarianism emerged in the 1980s as a philosophical movement that emphasized the importance of the common good and the social embeddedness of the individual, challenging the focus on personal autonomy and individual rights found in contemporary liberalism and libertarianism.12

The most prominent philosophers associated with this movement include:

• Charles Taylor: Known for his work on the modern self and his insistence on the social nature of identity and human meaning.23
• Michael Sandel: A key figure who criticized the liberal notion of the individual as existing apart from society.12
• Alasdair MacIntyre: Renowned for reintroducing Aristotelian ethics and politics into modern discourse and emphasizing the role of tradition and local community.24

Other political theorists and philosophers often cited as communitarians or whose work incorporates communitarian elements include Shlomo Avineri, Seyla Benhabib, Avner de-Shalit, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, William A. Galston, Philip Selznick, and Michael Walzer. Additionally, Etzioni and Galston are noted for founding "responsive" communitarianism in 1990, which seeks a balance between the common good and individual rights.2