The Problem of Order: What Unites and Divides Society - Tapa blanda

Wrong, Dennis Hume

 
9780674707771: The Problem of Order: What Unites and Divides Society
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ISBN 10: 067470777X ISBN 13: 9780674707771
Editorial: Harvard University Press, 1995

Sinopsis

At the end of the 20th century, many fear that the bonds holding civil society together have come undone. Yet, as Dennis Wrong shows us, our generation is not alone in fearing a breakdown of social ties and a descent into violent conflict. Modern masters such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Freud, Mead, Parsons, Marx, Durkheim and Weber tried to understand what in human nature provokes social co-operation and solidarity and what arouses conflict and chaos. To minimize discord and promote civility, society must grasp the psychological and sociological elements of human nature involved in attaining that end. The author affords a perspective on our own efforts to create a well-functioning system that allows for productive and meaningful lives and remains open to change and growth. This book reveals the individual and social processes that offer potential for reconciliation in the present and the future.

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Masterly work...Can we develop forms of social cohesion which both renew social solidarities yet preserve a cosmopolitan acceptance of cultural difference? The issue is a serious one for us all and we can only be grateful to Dennis Wrong for clearing so much ground for us. -- Anthony Giddens "New Statesman"

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At the end of the 20th century, many fear that the bonds holding civil society together have come undone. Yet, as Dennis Wrong shows us, our generation is not alone in fearing a breakdown of social ties and a descent into violent conflict. Modern masters such as Hobbes, Rousseau, Freud, Mead, Parsons, Marx, Durkheim and Weber tried to understand what in human nature provokes social co-operation and solidarity and what arouses conflict and chaos. To minimize discord and promote civility, society must grasp the psychological and sociological elements of human nature involved in attaining that end. The author affords a perspective on our own efforts to create a well-functioning system that allows for productive and meaningful lives and remains open to change and growth. This book reveals the individual and social processes that offer potential for reconciliation in the present and the future.

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Editorial
Harvard University Press
Año de publicación
1995
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ISBN 10 
067470777X
ISBN 13 
9780674707771
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Número de páginas
364
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