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TONNIES: COMMUNITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY
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| By: |
Ferdinand Tonnies, Jose Harris (Editor), Margaret Hollis (Trans) |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£11.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0511038240 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780511038242 |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
28 January, 2005 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought |
| Translated from: |
German |
| Description: |
A new translation and introduction make this classic of social and political theory readily accessible. |
| Synopsis: |
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 Tonnies' work to a fresh generation of English-speaking readers with interests in social and political theory and the history of European ideas. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing) |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |