Fate and Utopia in German Sociology, 1870--1923
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- Paperback
246 pages
- Release Date
15 August 1990
Summary
Fate and Utopia in German Sociology provides a lucid introduction to a major sociological tradition in Western thought. It is an intellectual history of five scholars – Ferdinand Toennies, Ernst Troeltsch, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Georg Lukacs – who created modern German sociology over the course of fifty years, from 1870 to 1923.
Liebersohn portrays his subjects as thinkers who were deeply immersed in the politics and poetry of their time, and whose sociology benefited in unexpec…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262620796 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262620790 |
| Author: | Harry Liebersohn |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 246 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 1990 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
1870-1923 Impressively highlights the sometimes shared visions of tradition, modernity and utopia of (these) five social theorists…Liebersohn has written a provocative and stimulating study of the context of German social theory at the turn of the century. – David Frisby * Times Higher Education Supplement *
Harry Liebersohn
Harry Liebersohn is Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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