Jim Rodgers

Reason, Conflict, and Power

Modern Political and Social Thought from 1688 to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

In Reason, Conflict and Power, Jim Rodgers provides an analytic, general survey of major political and social theorists of the "modern" era, from 1688 to the present. Major political belief systems are described and explained in a manner that is clearly connected to the chief writers of democratic capitalism, socialism, fascism, nationalism, feminism, and environmentalism, from a historical perspective.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 201g
• ISBN-13: 9780761827092
• ISBN-10: 0761827099
• Artikelnr.: 21134817

Autorenporträt

Jim Rodgers

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Acknowledgments
Chapter 3 Introduction
Chapter 4 Locke, Smith and the Foundations of Democratic Capitalism
Chapter 5 Rousseau and Egalitarian Nationalism
Chapter 6 The Political Conservatives: Burke and Hume
Chapter 7 Utilitarian Reformers: Bentham and Mill
Chapter 8 The Rise of Socialism-Revolutionary Marxists and Evolutionary
Social Critics
Chapter 9 Fascism, National Socialism
Chapter 10 Max Weber and the Rise of the Modern Bureaucratic State
Chapter 11 Functionalism or the Lack Thereof in Modern Society: Durkheim
Chapter 12 Modernity and Conflict Theorists
Chapter 13 Microsocial Perspectives-Viewing Daily Life
Chapter 14 Cross-cultural Theories for the 21st Century: Feminism,
Fundamentalism, and Environmentalism
Chapter 15 Conclusion
Chapter 16 People and Terms to Know
Chapter 17 References
Chapter 18 Index