Studies in American Sociology – serie
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Civilization
Contents, Discontents and Malcontents and Other Essays in Social Theory
Inbunden, 1990
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In order to bring sociology to the recognition of a social world of contingencies and of an obdurate but protean reality that changes shapes as humans define it, Stanford Lyman re-introduces the concept of “civilization,” employing it as both an intellectual resource and a proper topic for …
Militarism, Imperialism, and Racial Accommodation
An Analysis and Interpretation of the Early Writings of Robert E. Park
Inbunden, 1992
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1993 Mid-South Sociological Association Book AwardRobert E. Park has long been recognized as one of the most influential thinkers in early American sociology, yet virtually all of his works appearing before 1913 were published in popular magazines and were dismissed as nonsociological muckraking. …
NATO and Germany
A Study in the Sociology of Supranational Relations
Inbunden, 1995
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Focusing on the Cold War years, thismonograph examines the processes, problems, and policies through which the Federal Republic of Germany was formed and admitted into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The author compares the situation of Weimar Germany during its short-lived postwar …
Postmodernism & a Sociology
Absurd and Other Essays on the "Nouvelle Vague" in American Social Science
Inbunden, 1997
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In the fifth volume in the Studies in American Sociology Series, Stanford M. Lyman offers commentaries on and critiques of postmodernism, poststructuralism, and deconstruction, posing questions concerning theoretical and epistemological problems arising from what appears to be a “nouvelle …
Roads to Dystopia
Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition
Inbunden, 2001
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If the postmodern condition is a dystopia characterized by alienation and despair, argues distinguished sociologist Stanford Lyman, postmodern epistemologies compound the problem by denigrating Enlightenment philosophies that still offer agency and hope to those who struggle to be free. In this, …
