The French Revolution and the Psychology of Revolution

Gustave Le Bon

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• In his discussion of the general psychological causes of revolution, LeBon draws detailed illustrations of fundamental points from the French Revoluti... Lees meer

Human Nature and the Social Order

Charles Horton Cooley

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• This work remains a pioneer sociological treatise on American culture. By understanding the individual not as the product of society but as its mirror... Lees meer

Social Organization

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• This classic text has set a standard for American sociol-ogy. Cooley provides analysis without empiricism, applying psychological insight to his study... Lees meer

Toward a General Theory of Action

Talcott Parsons, Edward A Shils

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• This new edition introduces the social science audiences of a new century to one of the classic highlights of the mid-twentieth century. This is the m... Lees meer

The Engineers and the Price System

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• In his The Engineers and the Price System, originally published in 1921, Veblen observes that World War One demanded industrial innovations, and he wa... Lees meer

Society and Personality

Tamotsu Shibutani

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• Being an "interactionist" approach to social psychology, Society and Personality deals with people, not as isolated individuals, but as participants i... Lees meer

Recollections

Alexis de Tocqueville

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• Tocqueville was not only an active participant in the French Revolution of 1848, he was also a deeply perceptive observer with a detached attitude of ... Lees meer

Beyond Words

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• In Beyond Words, Kurt Back offers a critical analysis of the modern pilgrims who journey on weekends and summers to centers for group processes, encou... Lees meer

The Transformation of Democracy

Robert Kelley, Charles Powers

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• Combining a thorough introduction to the work of nineteenth and early twentieth-century Italian social theo-rist Vilfredo Pareto with a highly read-ab... Lees meer

The Social Psychology of Groups

John W Thibaut

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• This landmark theory of interpersonal relations and group functioning argues that the starting point for understanding social behavior is the analysis... Lees meer

The Jews and Modern Capitalism

Werner Sombart

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• Since its first appearance in Germany in 1911, Jews and Modern Capitalism has provoked vehement criticism. As Samuel Z. Klausner emphasizes, the lasti... Lees meer

Planning for Changing Energy Conditions

• Paperback | Engels | Social Science Classics Series | nr. 4
• Despite recent oil price reductions, analysts see potential for another energy crisis by the early 1990s, unless corrective action is taken soon. The ... Lees meer

Theory of Economic Development

Joseph A Schumpeter

• Paperback | Engels | Social Science Classics Series | nr. 46
• Schumpeter proclaims in this classical analysis of capitalist society first published in 1911 that economics is a natural self-regulating mechanism wh... Lees meer

Law and the Social Order

Morris R Cohen

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• Containing the bulk of Morris Cohen's writings on the philosophy of law, this collection of essays features articles originally published in popular p... Lees meer