The Problem of Order: What Unites and Divides Society - Softcover

Wrong, Dennis H.

 
9780674707771: The Problem of Order: What Unites and Divides Society
Softcover
ISBN 10: 067470777X ISBN 13: 9780674707771
Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1995

Inhaltsangabe

At the end of the twentieth century, many fear that the bonds holding civil society together have come undone. Yet, as the noted scholar Dennis Wrong shows us, our generation is not alone in fearing a breakdown of social ties and a descent into violent conflict. Modern masters such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Freud, Mead, Parsons, Marx, Durkheim, and Weber tried to understand what in human nature provokes social cooperation and solidarity and what arouses conflict and chaos.

To minimize discord and promote civility, society must grasp the psychological and sociological elements of human nature involved in attaining that end. The author affords an illuminating perspective on our own efforts to create a well-functioning system that allows for productive and meaningful lives and remains open to change and growth. This important book reveals the individual and social processes that offer potential for reconciliation in the present and the future.

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Verlag
Harvard University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1995
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
067470777X
ISBN 13 
9780674707771
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Anzahl der Seiten
364
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