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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• 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 is Professor of Political Science, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. He is co-author of Facing Terror: The Government's Response to Contemporary Extremists in America (University Press of America, 2002).

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