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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793594003321

Titolo

The calling of social thought : Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils / / edited by Christopher Adair-Toteff and Stephen Turner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2007-0

1-5261-2006-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 270 pages)

Collana

Manchester scholarship online

Disciplina

301.01

Soggetti

Sociologists - United States

Civil society

Social values

Sociology - Philosophy

Essays.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Also issued in print: 2019.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-263) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: discovering and rediscovering Shils / Stephen P. Turner -- The philosophical anthropology of Edward Shils / Steven Grosby -- The sociologist as human scientist: the meaning of Shils / Thomas Schneider -- The recovery of tradition / Lenore T. Ealy -- Edward Shils and Michael Polyanyi: the terms of engagement / Phil Mullins -- Shils, Mannheim, and ideology / Christopher Adair-Toteff -- Shils and Oakeshott / Efraim Podoksik -- Edward Shils on pluralism and civility / Richard Boyd -- Nations, nationality, and civil society in the work of Edward Shils / Peter Mentzel -- Shils and the intellectuals / Jefferson Pooley -- Edward Shils and his Portraits / Bryan S. Turner --Edward Shils: defender of the traditional university / Philip G. Altbach -- Concluding comments: Edward Shils - the "outsider" / Christopher Adair-Toteff -- Appendix: bibliography of the published works of Professor Edward Shils / Christine C. Schnusenberg and Gordon B. Neavill.



Sommario/riassunto

Edward Shils was a central figure in twentieth century social thought. He held appointments both at Chicago and Cambridge and was a crucial link between British and American intellectual life. This volume collects essays by distinguished contributors which deal with the major facets of Shils' thought, including his relations with Michael Polanyi, his parallels with Michael Oakeshott, his defense of the traditional university, his fundamental philosophical anthropology, and his important work on such topics as tradition, civility, and the nation. As an introduction to this complex and original thinker, it will be of interest to scholars and students in a number of fields, including sociology and social theory, but also to anyone interested in the intellectual life as it was lived in the mid-twentieth century, in the face of the Cold War and ideological struggle.