Essays in the Theory of Society

AvRalf Dahrendorf

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Originally published in 1968, these ten essays by one of Europe’s leading sociological theorists deal with important issues on the borderline between sociology and social philosophy and demonstrate the author’s deep insight into history and political analysis. The author maintains that the structures of power in which the political process takes place not only originate change and give it direction, but also produce the fertile conflicts that give expression to the fundamental uncertainty of human existence. Through an examination of various concepts inherent in this dynamic process – power, resistance, conflict, change, freedom, uncertainty – a coherent theory of society emerges.

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Utgivningsdatum:2023-12-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 17 mm
Vikt:462 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Ralf Dahrendorf on Class & Society
Antal sidor:312
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032196732

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Ralf Dahrendorf was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. He was director of the LSE and Research Professor at the Berlin Social Science Research Center.

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‘Provocative, informative, lucid, pleasurable – one could go on multiplying complimentary adjectives about these essays. They show sociology to be a discipline in which the literate and human values still flourish.’ Alasdair Macintyre, The Guardian.

Innehållsförteckning

Values and Social Science The Value Dispute in Perspective Homo SociologicusOn the History, Significance and Limits of the Category of Social Role Sociology and Human NatureA Postscript to Homo Sociologicus Out of UtopiaToward A Reorientation of Sociological Analysis In Praise of Thrasymachus On the Origin of Inequality Among Men Liberty and EqualityReflections of a Sociologists on a Classical Theme of Politics Market and PlanTwo Types of Rationality Uncertainty, Science and Democracy Sociology and the SociologistOn the Problem of Theory and Practice