Essays in the Theory of Society

Ralf Dahrendorf (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

312 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-19673-2 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1968, these ten essays by one of Europe’s leading sociological theorists deal with important issues on the borderline between sociology and social philosophy and demonstrate the author’s deep insight into history and political analysis. The author maintains that the structures of power in which the political process takes place not only originate change and give it direction, but also produce the fertile conflicts that give expression to the fundamental uncertainty of human existence. Through an examination of various concepts inherent in this dynamic process – power, resistance, conflict, change, freedom, uncertainty – a coherent theory of society emerges.

Ralf Dahrendorf was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician. He was director of the LSE and Research Professor at the Berlin Social Science Research Center.

Values and Social Science
The Value Dispute in Perspective

Homo Sociologicus
On the History, Significance and Limits of the Category of Social Role

Sociology and Human Nature
A Postscript to Homo Sociologicus

Out of Utopia
Toward A Reorientation of Sociological Analysis

In Praise of Thrasymachus

On the Origin of Inequality Among Men

Liberty and Equality
Reflections of a Sociologists on a Classical Theme of Politics

Market and Plan
Two Types of Rationality

Uncertainty, Science and Democracy

Sociology and the Sociologist

On the Problem of Theory and Practice

Erscheinungsdatum	21.12.2023
Reihe/Serie	Ralf Dahrendorf on Class & Society
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	620 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-032-19673-4 / 1032196734
ISBN-13	978-1-032-19673-2 / 9781032196732
Zustand	Neuware