03078nam 2200637 a 450 991045270870332120200520144314.03-11-032196-310.1515/9783110321968(CKB)2550000001097222(EBL)1215557(OCoLC)851972105(SSID)ssj0000801280(PQKBManifestationID)11518371(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000801280(PQKBWorkID)10794280(PQKB)11398393(MiAaPQ)EBC1215557(DE-B1597)210876(OCoLC)853251318(DE-B1597)9783110321968(Au-PeEL)EBL1215557(CaPaEBR)ebr10728627(CaONFJC)MIL503756(EXLCZ)99255000000109722220130717d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCities, real and ideal[electronic resource] categories for an urban ontology /David WeissmanFrankfurt ;New Brunswick Ontos Verlag20101 online resource (283 p.)Categories ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.3-11-032162-9 1-299-72505-8 Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Theories of social structure -- Chapter Two: Systems, Individuals, and the Whole -- Chapter Three: Motivation -- Chapter Four: Circumstances -- Chapter Five: Values -- Chapter Six: Social process -- Chapter Seven: City Form -- Chapter Eight: City Life -- Chapter Nine: Measures of City Health -- IndexCities are conspicuous among settlements because of their bulk and pace: Venice, Paris, or New York. Each is distinctive, but all share a social structure that mixes systems (families, businesses, and schools), their members, and a public regulator. Cities alter this structure in ways specific to themselves: orchestras play music too elaborate for a quartet; city densities promote collaborations unachievable in simpler towns. Cities, Real and Ideal avers with von Bertalanffy, Parsons, Simmel, and Wirth that a theory of social structure is empirically testable and confirmed. It proposes a version of social justice appropriate to this structure, thereby updating Marx's claim that justice is realizable without the intervention of factors additional to society's material conditions. Categories (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ;v. 2.Cities and townsPhilosophyOntologyElectronic books.Cities and townsPhilosophy.Ontology.307.76Weissman David1027696MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452708703321Cities, real and ideal2443297UNINA