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The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

Methodology and American Ethos

By: Professor Uta Gerhardt

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The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

Methodology and American Ethos

By: Professor Uta Gerhardt

The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons offers an insightful new reading of the work of Talcott Parsons, keeping in view at once the important influences of Max Weber on his sociology and the central place occupied by methodology - which enables us to better understand the relationship between American and European social theory. Revealing American democracy and its nemesis, National Socialism in Germany as the basis of his theory of society, this book explores the debates in which Parsons was engaged throughout his life, with the Frankfurt School, C. Wright Mills and the young radicals among the "disobedient" student generation, as well as economism and utilitarianism in social theory; the opponents that Parsons confronted in the interests of humanism. In addition to revisiting Parsons' extensive oeuvre, Uta Gerhardt takes up themes in current research and theory - including social inequality, civic culture, and globalization - offering a fascinating demonstration of what the conceptual approaches of Parsons can accomplish today. Revealing methodology and the American ethos to be the cornerstones of Parsons' social thought, this book will appeal not only to those with interests in classical sociology - and who wish to fully understand what this 'classic' has to offer - but also to those who wish to make sociology answer to the problems of the society of the present.

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140949490X

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Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today

Major Themes, Mode of Causal Analysis, and Applications

By: Professor Stephen Kalberg

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Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today

Major Themes, Mode of Causal Analysis, and Applications

By: Professor Stephen Kalberg

Bringing together the author's major scholarly work on Weber over the last thirty years , offering a rich examination of the major themes in his sociology, alongside a reconstruction of his mode of analysis and application of his approach, this book will appeal to scholars around the world with interests in social theory, German and American societies, cultural sociology, political sociology, the sociology of knowledge, comparative-historical sociology, and the sociology of civilizations.

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353

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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140949537X

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9781409495376

GIs and Germans

Culture, Gender and Foreign Relations, 1945-1949

By: Petra Goedde,Associate Professor of History Petra Goedde

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GIs and Germans

Culture, Gender and Foreign Relations, 1945-1949

By: Petra Goedde,Associate Professor of History Petra Goedde

Goedde finds that as American soldiers fraternized with German civilians, particularly as they formed sexual relationships with women, they developed a feminized image of Germany that contrasted sharply with their wartime image of the aggressive Nazi storm trooper. A perception of German "victimhood" emerged that was fostered by the German population and adopted by Americans.

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316

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Yale University Press

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0300090226

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9780300090222

Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology

New Expanded Edition

By: Professor Hans Henrik Bruun

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Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology

New Expanded Edition

By: Professor Hans Henrik Bruun

First published in 1972, this book on Weber's methodological writings is today regarded as a modern classic in its field. In this new expanded edition, the author has revised and updated the original text, and translated the numerous German quotations into English. He has also added a new introduction, where he discusses major issues raised in the relevant secondary literature since 1972. The author traces the relationship between values and science in Max Weber's methodology of its central aspects: value freedom, value relation (Wertbeziehung), value analysis, the ideal type and the special problems which pertain to the sphere of politics. Weber's thought is presented and discussed on the basis of a meticulous analysis of all available, published or unpublished, original material. The book is indispensable for all serious Weber scholars and provides the general student with a clear, accessible and authoritative exposition of major aspects of Weber's methodology.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409490734

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9781409490739

In Praise of Sociology

By: Professor Gordon Marshall

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In Praise of Sociology

By: Professor Gordon Marshall

In this lively and entertaining book, Gordon Marshall explores ten classic studies of British society to demonstrate the valuable qualities of British sociology, and its importance for understanding contemporary society. In each case he provides a precis of the research undertaken, assuming no prior knowledge on the part of the reader, a series of points that can be made in praise or criticism of the research, and an assessment of the sociological contribution made by the researchers. The ten studies chosen are: Goldthorpe on social mobility, Townsend on poverty, Rex and Moore on race and the inner city, the Affluent Worker project, Wallis on sectarianism, Jackson and Marsden on education and the working class, Brown and Harris on clinical depression among women, Cohen on deviance, Bott on families and social networks, and Burns and Stalker on management and new technology. An excellent introduction for the student to the concerns and values of sociology, this book gives a powerful statement of the achievements of post-war British sociologists, and a manifesto for good sociology in the 1990s.

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Routledge

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1134998023

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Saving Face

Enfacement, Shame, Theology

By: Professor Stephen Pattison

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Saving Face

Enfacement, Shame, Theology

By: Professor Stephen Pattison

Faces are all around us and fundamentally shape both everyday experience and our understanding of people. To lose face is to be alienated and experience shame, to be enfaced is to enjoy the fullness of life. In theology as in many other disciplines faces, as both physical phenomena and symbols, have not received the critical, appreciative attention they deserve. This pioneering book explores the nature of face and enfacement, both human and divine. Pattison discusses questions concerning what face is, how important face is in human life and relationships, and how we might understand face, both as a physical phenomenon and as a series of socially-inflected symbols and metaphors about the self and the body. Examining what face means in terms of inclusion and exclusion in contemporary human society and how it is related to shame, Pattison reveals what the experience of people who have difficulties with faces tell us about our society, our understandings of, and our reactions to face. Exploring this ubiquitous yet ignored area of both contemporary human experience and of the Christian theological tradition, Pattison explains how Christian theology understands face, both human and divine, and the insights might it offer to understanding face and enfacement. Does God in any sense have a physically visible face? What is the significance of having an enfaced or faceless God for Christian life and practice? What does the vision of God mean now? If we want to take face and defacing shame seriously, and to get them properly into perspective, we may need to change our theology, thought and practice - changing our ways of thinking about God and about theology.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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147240419X

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Gender and Conversion Narratives in the Nineteenth Century

German Mission at Home and Abroad

By: Professor Jacqueline Van Gent,Professor Kirsten Rüther,Prof Dr Angelika Schaser

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Gender and Conversion Narratives in the Nineteenth Century

German Mission at Home and Abroad

By: Professor Jacqueline Van Gent,Professor Kirsten Rüther,Prof Dr Angelika Schaser

Addressing an important social and political issue which is still much debated today, this volume explores the connections between religious conversions and gendered identity against the backdrop of a world undergoing significant social transformations. Adopting a collaborative approach to their research, the authors explore the connections and differences in conversion experiences, tracing the local and regional rootedness of individual conversions as reflected in conversion narratives in three different locations: Germany and German missions in South Africa and colonial Australia, at a time of massive social changes in the 1860s.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1472449231

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The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

Methodology and American Ethos

By: Professor Uta Gerhardt

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Methodology and American Ethos

By: Professor Uta Gerhardt

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The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today

Max Weber's Comparative-Historical Sociology Today

GIs and Germans

GIs and Germans

Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology

Science, Values and Politics in Max Weber's Methodology

In Praise of Sociology

In Praise of Sociology

Saving Face

Saving Face

Gender and Conversion Narratives in the Nineteenth Century

Gender and Conversion Narratives in the Nineteenth Century

The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

The Social Thought of Talcott Parsons

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