Moral Order and Social Disorder: American Search for Civil Society

ISBN-13: 9780202306049 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 222 str.

Frank Hearn

Opis

Drawing upon both classical insights and more recent writings, Hearn provides a compelling account of social breakdown in the United States. The book examines the conditions most responsible for the deterioration of social institutions, notably the family, and of communitarian interdependencies, such as those that support neighborhoods. More specifi cally, Hearn analyzes the defi ning forces of liberal modernity-among them, especially, the market economy (favored by the political right) and the democratic welfare state (endorsed by the political left)-whose steady expansion has diminished the social contexts that nurture trust, mutuality, and a robust sense of both personal responsibility and social obligation.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1 BAD PARENTS, 2 BAD NEIGHBORS, 3 IN THE ABSENCE OF SOCIETY: LIBERAL INDIVIDUALISM AND ANOMIE, 4 MORAL INDIVIDUALS: IN THE PRESENCE OF SOCIETY, 5 SOCIAL CAPITAL: GIFTS AND SACREDNESS IN SOCIETY, 6 THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL BREAKDOWN: REVITALIZING CIVIL SOCIETY, REFERENCES, AUTHOR INDEX, SUBJECT INDEX

O autorze

Frank Hearn