Social theory for old and new modernities : essays on society and culture, 1976-2005 / Franco Ferrarotti ; edited by E. Doyle McCarthy.

Author/creator Ferrarotti, Franco
Other author McCarthy, E. Doyle.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2007.
Descriptionxxxii, 337 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Introduction / by Maria I. Macioti -- The modern world and its destiny -- Counter-cultures and postmodernism -- Beyond the authoritarian personality -- Civil society and state structures in creative tension -- The city and civil society -- New approaches to social movements in Western Europe -- The culture of violence -- Social marginality and violence in neo-urban societies -- Modern rationality and the paradox of the sacred -- History and sociology -- The lessons of positivism -- American and European social science -- Biography and the social sciences -- Thorstein Veblen and his critics -- The social type of the businessman -- Constantinian Christianity and the future of the Catholic Church -- The media pope -- Reflections on America -- Time and its social transformations -- On photography.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2007010114
ISBN9780739115091 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN073911509X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HM585 .F48 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold