Essays in the Theory of Society

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-19673-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: Ralf Dahrendorf on Class & Society

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.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dahrendorf, Ralf

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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

Über Autor(innen)

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.