The Destiny Of Modern Societies

Author : Milan Zafirovski
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004176292
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Destiny of Modern Societies written by Milan Zafirovski and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a sociological analysis of the relationship between modern society, in particular America, and Calvinism in the Weberian tradition. While the book continues this tradition, it further expands, elaborates on, and goes beyond earlier sociological analyses. The book examines the impact of Calvinism on modern society as a whole, thus extending, elaborating on, and going beyond the previous analyses of the influence of the Calvinist religion only on the capitalist economy. It analyzes how Calvinism has determined most contemporary social institutions, including political, civic, cultural, and economic, in its respective societies, particularly, through its derivative Puritanism, America. For that purpose, the book applies the idea of the destiny of societies or nations to American society in particular. It argues, demonstrates, and illustrates the Calvinist societal "predestination," through the Puritan determination, of American society .

Author : Milan Zafirovsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Destiny of Modern Societies written by Milan Zafirovsky and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bram Gieben
Publisher : Polity
ISBN 13 : 9780745609607
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Formations of Modernity written by Bram Gieben and published by Polity. This book was released on 1993-01-04 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. This challenging and innovative book 'maps' the evolution of those distinctive forms of political, economic, social and cultural life which characterize modern societies, from their origins in early modern Europe to the nineteenth century. It examines the roots of modern knowledge and the birth of the social sciences in the Enlightenment, and analyses the impact on the emerging identity of 'the West' of its encounters through exploration, trade, conquest and colonization, with 'other civilizations'. Designed as an introduction to modern societies and modern sociological analyses, this book is of value to students on a wide variety of social science courses in universities and colleges and also to readers with no prior knowledge of sociology. Selected readings from a broad range of classical writers (Weber, Durkheim, Marx, Freud, Adam Smith, Montesquieu, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau) and contemporary thinkers (Michael Mann, E.P. Thompson, Edward Said) are integrated in each chapter, together with student questions and exercises.

Author : Victor Segesvary
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761817246
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inter-civilizational Relations and the Destiny of the West written by Victor Segesvary and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2000 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inter-Civilization Relations and the Destiny of the West examines in scholarly detail, historical and philosophical background to the current turning-point of history. Segesvary brings together hermeneutics and history, and, philosophy and politics in a thought-provoking synthesis which will interest politicians, diplomats and economic development specialists.

Author : Stephen K. Sanderson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317256026
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Societies written by Stephen K. Sanderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanderson explores the nature of the contemporary world’s 200 societies by comparing and contrasting their basic institutions and patterns of social organization. Major topics include the rich democracies and how they became rich and democratic; the expansion of government and the welfare state; the collapse of Communism and the transition to postsocialist societies; the conditions of less-developed countries, with attention to those that are developing rapidly as well as those that continue to lag far behind; racial and ethnic divisions and conflicts worldwide; the gender revolution of the past fifty years and changing contemporary patterns of gender inequality throughout the world; major shifts in family patterns and the transition to below-replacement fertility; the global spread and expansion of mass education and educational credentialism; worldwide patterns of religious belief and practice; a detailed evaluation of the secularization thesis; economic, political, and cultural globalization; the nature of social and economic progress over the past two centuries; and nine predictions concerning the short-term and long-term future of the world. The book provides detailed and fully up-to-date statistical data on societies in forty-three tables.

Author : Catherine Sinclair
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern society: or, The march of intellect written by Catherine Sinclair and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Barrett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1105639428
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love, Fear and the Destiny of Nations written by Richard Barrett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-28 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS BOOK will eventually comprise of two volumes. This first volume provides a historical perspective on the impact of the evolution of human consciousness on world affairs. The first part of the book, Human Destiny, identifies the underlying patterns that have guided the evolution of individual human consciousness and group (societal) consciousness over the past 10,000 years, and the impact that this evolution has had on the quality of governance and level of democracy currently being experienced in nations around the world. The second part, The Evolution of Democracy, describes the seven values that are required to create a high-trust liberal democracy-the journey from freedom to trust. The third part, The Destiny of Nations, explores the impact that the future evolution of human consciousness will have on world affairs with reference to the need for, and the practicalities involved in, creating the conditions that allow democratic nations to work together to resolve the major issues facing the world.

Author : Tim Dant
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761954798
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Social Theory written by Tim Dant and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical theory has left an indelible mark on postwar social thought. But what are the relations between critical theory and 'the cultural turn' ? How did critical theory inform later French critical theorists, such as Lefebvre, Barthes and Baudrillard? This accomplished and accessible book: - Demonstrates the origins of critical theory in the Marxian analysis of the capitalist mode of production and Freudian psychoanalysis - Clearly explains the main achievements of critical theory - Elucidates how critical theory defines culture as a system that constrains and alienates the individual - Explores the potential for social change and personal emancipation in the critical heritage. The author locates the importance of myth and reason, the significance of sexuality, the place of work, the difference between art and entertainment, the nature of everyday life and the relationship between knowledge and action. The result is a lucid and informative text which will appeal to all students interested in the critical traditions of social thought.

Author : Edward S. Cohen
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589014589
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Globalization in the United States written by Edward S. Cohen and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-02 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the conflicts over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the World Trade Organization to concern over illegal immigration and debates over the official status of the English language, politicians and citizens have been reconsidering fundamental questions about American society’s role in a changing global arena. Applying concepts derived from the study of international and comparative politics, Edward S. Cohen offers a systematic analysis of the impact of globalization on United States domestic politics. Focusing on the obvious issue of trade and the less obvious areas of immigration and language policy, Cohen demonstrates that globalization is both the cause and result of a new relationship between the government, corporations, and citizens within the United States. Globalization has led to the formation of new political divisions and coalitions and has caused deepening conflicts over the purposes and goals of American politics. The outcome of these conflicts, Cohen argues, will determine the future of American political life. Showing that globalization has transformed the priorities and responsibilities of sovereign states rather than hastening their demise, the book will interest politicians, policymakers, and students looking for a discussion of globalization that is grounded in the recent political history of the United States.

Author : John Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780745609621
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding modern societies : an introduction. 2. The political and economic forms of modernity written by John Allen and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: