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Record Nr.

UNISA996202221103316

Autore

Szakolczai Arpad

Titolo

Reflexive historical sociology / / Arpad Szakolczai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2000

ISBN

1-134-65614-9

0-203-28696-0

1-280-33609-9

1-134-65615-7

0-203-19361-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; ; 22

Disciplina

301.0722

301/.01

Soggetti

Historical sociology

Civilization, Western

Civilization - Philosophy

Europe Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Norbert Elias; 2 Franz Borkenau; 3 Eric Voegelin; 4 Lewis Mumford; 5 The Protestant spirit (Weber); 6 Court society (Elias); 7 The mechanical world image (Borkenau); 8 The gnostic revolt (Voegelin); 9 The new megamachine (Mumford); 10 Disciplinary society (Foucault); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society. It examines the intersection point of social theory and historical sociology in a new theoretical approach called ""reflexive historical sociology"". There is analysis of the works of Max Weber, Michel Foucault, Norbert Elias, Eric Voegelin and a number of others. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 examines the works of Eric Voegelin, Norbert Elias, Lewis Mumford and Franz Borkenau. Part 2 is