Tonnies: Community and Civil Society
Author(s): Ferdinand Tonnies; Jose Harris (Editor and Translator; Margaret Hollis (Translator)
Politics/Political Science | Social Science, Economic History, Race/Identity, Peace/Cultural/ International Studies
Ferdinand Tonnies' Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash between small-scale neighbourhood-based 'communities' and large-scale competitive market 'societies'. Tonnies considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal and family; art, religion and culture; the construction of 'selfhood' and 'personhood'; and modes of cognition, language and understanding. Often recognised as one of the founding texts of sociology, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft is also a highly significant contribution to European political thought and philosophy, with particular relevance to the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It is at once a response to modernity, a theoretical exercise in social, political and moral science, and an unusual commentary on the inner character of 'democratic socialism'. This new English rendition will introduce Tönnies' work to a fresh generation of English-speaking readers with interests in social and political theory and the history of European ideas.
Very good condition. Light shelf-scuffing on cover.
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- : Cambridge University Press
- : Cambridge University Press
- : 0.41
- : 01 August 2001
- : 1.8 Centimeters X 14 Centimeters X 21.6 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ferdinand Tonnies; Jose Harris (Editor and Translator; Margaret Hollis (Translator)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 305
- : 266