Tonnies: Community and Civil Society Paperback / softback
by Ferdinand Tonnies
Edited by Jose (University of Oxford) Harris
Part of the Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought series
Paperback / softback
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Ferdinand Tönnies' 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'.
Tönnies 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/07/2001
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- ISBN:9780521567824
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:320 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:02/07/2001
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- ISBN:9780521567824