Reason, Conflict and Power: Modern Political and Social Thought from 1688 to the PresentUniversity Press of America, 2003 - 141 oldal In Reason, Conflict and Power, Jim Rodgers provides an analytic, general survey of major political and social theorists of the "modern" era, from 1688 to the present. Major political belief systems are described and explained in a manner that is clearly connected to the chief writers of democratic capitalism, socialism, fascism, nationalism, feminism, and environmentalism, from a historical perspective. Patterns of social thought pertaining to large, private and public organizations, social systems, social conflict and behavior are incorporated into this concise examination of great political and social thinkers and their ideas. |
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Introduction | 1 |
Locke Smith and the Foundations of Democratic Capitalism | 7 |
Rousseau and Egalitarian Nationalism | 21 |
The Political Conservatives Burke and Hume | 29 |
Utilitarian Reformers Bentham and Mill | 37 |
The Rise of Socialism Revolutionary Marxists and Evolutionary Social Critics | 47 |
Fascism National Socialism | 61 |
Max Weber and the Rise of the Modern Bureaucratic State Wes Miller | 73 |
Modernity and Conflict Theorists Tim Kullman with Jim Rodgers | 91 |
Microsocial Perspectives Viewing Daily Life | 103 |
Crosscultural Theories for the 21st Century Feminism Fundamentalism and Environmentalism Jim and Stephanine Rodgers | 113 |
Conclusion | 125 |
People and Terms to Know | 129 |
References | 131 |
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Functionalism or the Lack Thereof in Modern Society Durkheim Tricia Klosky | 81 |
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