UID:
almahu_9949385022302882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 306 pages)
ISBN:
9781351585002
,
1351585002
,
9781315100074
,
131510007X
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9781351585019
,
1351585010
Content:
"Part dialogue, part debate between Howard Schneiderman and a small number of social theorists, Engagement and Disengagement represents the culmination of a life's work in social theory. On the one hand, it is about cohesive social, cultural, and intellectual forces, such as authority, community, status, and the sacred, that tie us together, and on the other hand, about forces such as alienation, politics, and economic warfare that pull us apart. With a blend of humanism and social science, Engagement and Disengagement highlight this two-culture solution to understanding social and cultural history."--Provided by publisher
Note:
Introduction: authority, egalitarianism and leadership -- Authority and legitimacy -- Charisma and authority -- Authority patterns in colonial New England -- The American dream -- Political clubs, parties, and radicalism -- The strange career of political sociology in America -- Liberalism and the democratic spirit -- Talent, wealth and power -- Success and leadership -- Class and authority in the Oval Office -- The Horatio Alger myth and the Supreme Court -- Life and death of the Protestant establishment -- Stress, crisis, and psycho-history -- Hindrances to good citizenship -- Legislating social and political mores -- Pacifism and utopian thought -- Authority versus conviction.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Schneiderman, Howard G. Engagement and disengagement. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018 ISBN 9781138296343
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315100074
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