Sociology Of Freedom

Author : Abdullah Öcalan
Publisher : PM Press
ISBN 13 : 1629637734
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sociology of Freedom written by Abdullah Öcalan and published by PM Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When scientific socialism, which for many years was implemented by Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), became too narrow for his purposes, Öcalan deftly answered the call for a radical redefinition of the social sciences. Writing from his solitary cell in İmralı Prison, Öcalan offered a new and astute analysis of what is happening to the Kurdish people, the Kurdish freedom movement, and future prospects for humanity. The Sociology of Freedom is the fascinating third volume of a five-volume work titled The Manifesto of the Democratic Civilization. The general aim of the two earlier volumes was to clarify what power and capitalist modernity entailed. Here, Öcalan presents his stunningly original thesis of the democratic civilization, based on his criticism of capitalist modernity. Ambitious in scope and encyclopedic in execution, The Sociology of Freedom is a one-of-a-kind exploration that reveals the remarkable range of one of the Left’s most original thinkers with topics such as existence and freedom, nature and philosophy, anarchism and ecology. Öcalan goes back to the origins of human culture to present a penetrating reinterpretation of the basic problems facing the twenty-first century and an examination of their solutions. Öcalan convincingly argues that industrialism, capitalism, and the nation-state cannot be conquered within the narrow confines of a socialist context. Recognizing the need for more than just a critique, Öcalan has advanced what is the most radical, far-reaching definition of democracy today and argues that a democratic civilization, as an alternative system, already exists but systemic power and knowledge structures, along with a perverse sectarianism, do not allow it to be seen. The Sociology of Freedom is a truly monumental work that gives profuse evidence of Öcalan’s position as one of the most influential thinkers of our day. It deserves the careful attention of anyone seriously interested in constructive thought or the future of the Left.

Author : Reinhard Bendix
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520069497
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Force, Fate, and Freedom written by Reinhard Bendix and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Force, Fate, and Freedom serves as an introduction to historical sociology, as well as a critical analysis of the belief in economic and political progress through social knowledge. Reinhard Bendix offers a development of the historicist approach to social change first championed by Max Weber, and presents an overview of the foundations of political authority in Japan, Russia, Germany, France, and England.

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Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621968278
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom of Speech and Society written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark Davis
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317132939
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom and Consumerism written by Mark Davis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does Bauman understand the concept of freedom, and how does this understanding relate to the political traditions of conservatism, liberalism and socialism? Mark Davis offers a critical enquiry into the sociology of Zygmunt Bauman, focusing on his English-language writings from the 1960s onwards. The book contributes to sociological debates about modern society by offering an interpretation of Bauman's work based on the concept of freedom, especially in terms of his extensive consideration of consumerism. Existing studies of Bauman have tended to focus uncritically upon other salient themes in his work, notably culture, power and socialism; Davis repairs the lack of critical engagement in the literature by identifying freedom as a focus for critical reflection. He also opens up new areas of discourse by analyzing Bauman's understanding of freedom in relation to the three great political traditions of conservatism, liberalism and socialism. This is an original contribution to discussions around Bauman's work which will be of interest to both sociologists and political theorists.

Author : Abdullah Ocalan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781629637426
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Freedom written by Abdullah Ocalan and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Krishna Chaitanya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Freedom written by Krishna Chaitanya and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nikolas Rose
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towards a Critical Sociology of Freedom written by Nikolas Rose and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zygmunt Bauman
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816617579
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom written by Zygmunt Bauman and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bauman (sociology, U. of Leeds) analyzes freedom as a social relation rather than as an idea or postulate. Throughout history, he shows, freedom was a privilege enjoyed in relation to either superior or weaker power. Today, "seduction" tends to replace repression as a means of social control, and individual freedom is, above all, freedom of the consumer. A paper edition is available ($10.95; 1757-0). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Morroe Berger
Publisher : Buccaneer Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Freedom and Control in Modern Society written by Morroe Berger and published by Buccaneer Books. This book was released on 1964 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frank Hearn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000155838
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reason and Freedom in Sociological Thought (RLE Social Theory) written by Frank Hearn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How has reason, believed since the Enlightenment to be the ally of freedom in the search for a better, more humanly satisfying world, been reduced to a technical rationality that has actually impoverished the bases of human freedom? What might be the options and obligations for sociologists who wish to restore reason to its proper status? Working within the tradition of C. Wright Mills and Jurgen Habermas, Frank Hearn sets out to answer these questions. He surveys the treatment of the relation between reason and freedom in both the classical tradition (especially the writings of Saint-Simon, Comte, Durkheim, Marx, Weber, and Freud) and an increasingly significant segment of social thought and criticism (and, for example, in the contrasting visions of Daniel Bell and Christopher Lasch.) He then analyses both the concrete social and historical forms of expression taken by what Mills calls 'rationality without reason' and their impact on individual autonomy and the freedoms associated with democratic politics. Finally, he develops Mills's and Habermas's claims that the cultivation of democratic publics and a critical social theory committed to a vibrant public life are indispensable to the protection and revitalization of the values of reason and freedom and of the practices they entail. This book updates and enriches Mills's influential argument by demonstrating its affinity with critical theory, by showing its contributions to a critical understanding of the classical tradition, and by showing its implications for contemporary social, political, and economic developments.