The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Robert Nisbet, Luke C. Sheahan (Foreword by)Series:Transactions of the American Philosophical Society #944Publish date:9/2/2025Pages:440
Language:EnglishPublisher:American Philosophical Society PressISBN-13:9781606180389ISBN-10:160618038XUPC:9781606180389Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social, History & Theory, SociologyBook Topic:Social TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCZZ6EGKQ2
The Social Philosophers: Community and Conflict in Western Thought
Western ideas of moral authority, freedom, consensus, and personality emerge from humankind's search for community
In this provocative, classic, absorbing work of social and intellectual history, Robert Nisbet advances the idea that Western social philosophy arose during the disintegration of the ancient Greek and Roman communities, and has been preoccupied ever since with the problem of...Series: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society #944
Language:EnglishPublisher:American Philosophical Society PressISBN-13:9781606180389ISBN-10:160618038XUPC:9781606180389Book Category:Philosophy, Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Social, History & Theory, SociologyBook Topic:Social TheorySize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.98 inchesWeight:1.3514Product ID:SCZZ6EGKQ2
Robert Nisbet (1913-1996), a former Guggenheim fellow and member of the American Philosophical Society, was the author
of many books, among them The Quest for Community: A Study in the Ethics of Order and Freedom; Social Change and History; The Present Age: Progress and Anarchy in Modern America; and The Making of Modern Society.
Publisher: American Philosophical Society Press
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