Research Catalog

Title

Tradition and revolt : historical and sociological essays / Robert A. Nisbet.

Author

Nisbet, Robert A.

Publication

New York, NY : Random House, ©1968.

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Details

Description

viii, 308 pages; 21 cm

Summary

From the Publisher: This classic volume deals with a crucial contemporary social issue: the conflict between traditionalism and modernism. Nisbet considers such subjects as power, community, culture, and the university. He deals directly with the values of authority, tradition, hierarchy, and community on the one hand, and individualism, secularism, and revolt on the other. Nisbet's underlying argument is that there is a close historical relationship between the distribution of power in democratic society and the displacement of social class, kinship, neighborhood, and the church. The book challenges concerned Americans to understand and address the basic conflicts confronting contemporary society.

Subject

• Historical sociology
• historical sociology
• Historical sociology
• Traditie
• Sociale verandering
• Macht

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction -- 1: Rousseau and the political community -- 2: Politics of pluralism: lamennais -- 3: Leadership and social crisis -- 4: Conservatism and sociology -- 5: History and sociology -- 6: Decline and fall of social class -- 7: Moral values and community -- 8: Sociology as an art form -- 9: Power and the intellectual -- 10: Impact of technology on ethical decision-making -- 11: Kinship and political power in first century Rome -- 12: Permanent professors: a modest proposal -- 13: Project Camelot and the science of man -- 14: Conflicting academic loyalties.

LCCN

68019746

OCLC

• ocm00254346
• 254346
• SCSB-8804508

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library