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Constructive sociological theory : the forgotten legacy of Thomas G. Masaryk

Title: Constructive sociological theory : the forgotten legacy of Thomas G. Masaryk / Thomas G. Masaryk ; edited by Alan Woolfolk and Jonathan B. Imber ; with an introduction by Alan Woolfolk.
Author: Masaryk, T. G. (Tomáš Garrigue), 1850-1937.
Publication: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, [1994], ©1994.

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xvi, 370 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Thomas G. Masaryk was founding and first president of the State of Czechoslovakia. He was also a dissident charter member of the theoretical vanguard that established modern sociology in the nineteenth century. Many social scientists are aware of Masaryk's political role, but do not know about his significant contributions to sociology. With the publication of this book, Imber and Woolfolk hope to restore Masaryk to his rightful place in history as a founding sociological theorist.
This compilation of some of Masaryk's major writings reveals the intertwining of politics and social theory that is characteristic of his thinking. Chapters in Constructive Sociological Theory include "The Development of the Modern Suicide Tendency"; "Essence and Method of Sociology"; "The Epistemological Problem of Russian Philosophy"; "The Religious Question and Modern Philosophy"; "The Class Structure of Society": "Central Problems of Marxist Policy"; and "Democracy versus Theocracy.".
Constructive Sociological Theory also presents these writings together in English for the first time. Alan Woolfolk's substantial introduction extensively discusses Masaryk's biographical background, academic life, political career, religious views, and interpretations of Marx and Comte, among other subjects. This landmark volume will be an essential addition to the libraries of political theorists, sociologists, philosophers, and theologians.

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Contents

Foreword / Alan Wolfe -- Introduction / Alan Woolfolk -- Pt. 1. "Sacrifices of the Kulturkampf" 1. The Development of the Modern Suicide Tendency. 2. Toward a Remedy for the Modern Suicide Tendency. 3. Symptoms of the transition Period -- Pt. 2. Philosophical Sociology. 4. Essence and Method of Sociology. 5. Comte. 6. The Epistemological Problem of Russian Philosophy -- Pt. 3. The Religious Question and Humanity. 7. The Religious Question and Modern Philosophy. 8. First Principles of the Ethics of Humanity. 9. The Religious Problem of Russian Philosophy -- Pt. 4. Contra Marx: "Reform, Not Revolution" 10. The Class Structure of Society. 11. Central Problems of Marxist Policy. 12. My view of Bolshevism -- Pt. 5. Nationalism without Chauvinism. 13. Nationality and Internationalism. 14. Jan Hus and the Czech Reformation. 15. The Meaning of Our National Revival. 16. Our Task and the Meaning of the Fight -- Pt. 6. The Democratic Spirit and the Work Ethic. 17. Democracy versus Theocracy. 18. Work in General.
19. Democracy and Humanity.

ISBN

156000164X

LCCN

93045995

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