Jonathan Hearn (University of Edinburgh)

The Domestication of Competition

Social Evolution and Liberal Society

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides critical conceptual tools for understanding why competition is such a pervasive and embedded feature of modern liberal societies. This book will appeal to academics in the social sciences and humanities, and all readers interested in understanding how our contemporary democracies evolved.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. April 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 146mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 628g
• ISBN-13: 9781009199155
• ISBN-10: 1009199153
• Artikelnr.: 66393996

Autorenporträt

Jonathan Hearn is Professor of Political and Historical Sociology at the University of Edinburgh and President of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism. His published writings explore themes of social power, nationalism and identity, Scotland and its Enlightenment, liberal and civil society, and competition.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Ideas: 1. The context of the question
2. The theoretical approach
Part II. The Analytic Narrative: 3. The decline of traditional authority, and the rise of corporate actors
4. Militias to militaries
5. From adventurers to companies
6. From factions to parties
7. From churches to universities
Part III. The Wider View: 8. The culture of competition
9. The critique of competition
Conclusion
References.