Tï¿½nnies Community and Civil Society

Name: Tï¿½nnies Community and Civil Society
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ISBN: 9780521567824

ISBN-10: 0521567823

ISBN-13: 9780521567824

Edition: 2001

Authors: Ferdinand Tï¿½nnies, Jose Harris, Raymond Geuss, Margaret Hollis, Quentin. Skinner

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Ferdinand Tnnies' Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash between small-scale neighbourhood-based 'communities' and large-scale competitive market 'societies'. Tnnies considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal and family; art, religion and culture; the construction of 'selfhood' and 'personhood'; and modes of cognition, language and understanding. Often recognised as one of the founding texts of sociology, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft is also a highly significant contribution to European political thought and philosophy, with particular relevance to the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It is…

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List price: $40.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 7/2/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



General introduction


Chronology of Tonnies' life and career


Community and Civil Society


Tonnies' Preface to the first edition of 1887



A general classification of key ideas



Theory of Gesellschaft



The forms of human will



Explanation of the dichotomy



The sociological basis of natural law



Definitions and propositions



The natural element in law


Conclusions and future prospects