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Tradition
Av Edward Shils
Häftad, 2006
323 kr
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"Tradition", by esteemed sociologist Edward Shils, was the first book to fully explore the history, significance, and future of tradition as a whole. Intent on questioning the meaning of the antitraditionalist impulse in today's society, Shils argues here that the tendency to distrust and rebel …
Dream Deferred
How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done
Av Edward Shils, Howard Karger
Inbunden, 2010
2578 kr
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From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social programs like the implementation of welfare and the expansion …
Constitution of Society
Av Edward Shils
Häftad, 1982
383 kr
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Edward Shils's attempt to work out a macrosociological theory which does justice both to the spiritual and intellectual dispositions and powers of the mind and to the reality of the larger society is an enterprise that has spanned several decades. In his steps toward the development of this theory …
Portraits
A Gallery of Intellectuals
Av Edward Shils, Joseph Epstein
Häftad, 1997
343 kr
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Ranging widely across many disciplines, this collection of essays demonstrates a distaste for intellectuals who "run with the intellectual mob", and a deep respect for those who maintain their integrity under great pressure. The collection includes an affectionate treatment of Leo Szilard, the …
Calling of Education
"The Academic Ethic" and Other Essays on Higher Education
Av Edward Shils, Steven Grosby
Häftad, 1997
306 kr
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Throughout his long career, Edward Shils brought a wide knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. "The Calling of Education" features Shils's most incisive writing on this topic from the last 25 years of his life. The first essay, "The Academic Ethic," articulates …
Calling of Education
"The Academic Ethic" and Other Essays on Higher Education
Av Edward Shils, Steven Grosby
E-bok, 2008
645 kr
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Throughout his long and prolific career, Edward Shils brought an extraordinary knowledge of academic institutions to discussions about higher education. The Calling of Education features Shils''s most illuminating and incisive writing on this topic from the last twenty-five years of his life. The …
Universities, Politicians and Bureaucrats
Europe and the United States
Häftad, 2010
879 kr
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Originally published in 1982, this is a collection of studies by representatives of countries in western Europe, writing about important legislation affecting universities and showing trends of government control over higher education. In the 1960s European universities faced two major challenges: …
Cambridge Women
Twelve Portraits
Av Edward Shils, Carmen Blacker
Häftad, 1996
653 kr
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This is a collection of portraits of twelve outstanding women who lived and worked in Cambridge during the century before women were admitted fully to membership of the University. The subjects include Jane Harrison, distinguished scholar of Greek religion, Mrs Sidgwick, founder of Newnham College, …
Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography
The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas
Av Edward Shils
Inbunden, 2006
2658 kr
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Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II. In this autobiography, written three years before his death in 1995 and never before published, Shils reflects on the remarkable range of his life's work and activities, including founding and editing the …
Virtue of Civility
Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, & Civil Society
Av Edward Shils, Steven Grosby
Häftad, 1997
209 kr
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Toward a General Theory of Action
Av Talcott Parsons, Edward Shils
Inbunden, 2022
474 kr
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Dream Deferred
How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done
Av Edward Shils, Howard Karger
Häftad, 2017
747 kr
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From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social programs like the implementation of welfare and the expansion …
Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography
The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas
Av Edward Shils
Häftad, 2017
907 kr
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Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II. In this autobiography, written three years before his death in 1995 and never before published, Shils reflects on the remarkable range of his life's work and activities, including founding and editing the …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Häftad, 2018
472 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Inbunden, 2017
1474 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2018
556 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2018
538 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
560 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
572 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography
The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
1140 kr
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Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II. In this autobiography, written three years before his death in 1995, Shils reflects on the remarkable range of his life''s work and activities, including founding and editing the journal "Minerva", being a …
Fragment of a Sociological Autobiography
The History of My Pursuit of a Few Ideas
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
1074 kr
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Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II. In this autobiography, written three years before his death in 1995, Shils reflects on the remarkable range of his life''s work and activities, including founding and editing the journal "Minerva", being a …
Dream Deferred
How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done
Av Howard Karger, Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social programs like the implementation of welfare and the expansion …
Dream Deferred
How Social Work Education Lost Its Way and What Can be Done
Av Howard Karger, Edward Shils
E-bok, 2017
831 kr
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From its inception in the late nineteenth century, social work has struggled to carry out the complex, sometimes contradictory, functions associated with reducing suffering, enhancing social order, and social reform. Since then, social programs like the implementation of welfare and the expansion …
Order of Learning
Essays on the Contemporary University
Häftad, 2013
486 kr
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The Order of Learning considers the problems facing higher education by focusing on main underlying factors: the relationship of higher education to government, academic freedom, and the responsibilities of the academic profession, among others. Edward Shils argues that higher education has a …
Torment of Secrecy
The Background and Consequences of American Secruity Policies
Av Edward Shils
E-bok, 1996
241 kr
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Edward Shils''s The Torment of Secrecy is one of the few minor classics to emerge from the cold war years of anticommunism and McCarthyism in the United States. Mr. Shils''s "torment" is not only that of the individual caught up in loyalty and security procedures; it is also the torment of the …
Torment of Secrecy
The Background and Consequences of American Secruity Policies
Av Edward Shils
Häftad, 1996
218 kr
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Edward Shils's The Torment of Secrecy is one of the few minor classics to emerge from the cold war years of anticommunism and McCarthyism in the United States. Mr. Shils's "torment" is not only that of the individual caught up in loyalty and security procedures; it is also the torment of the …
