Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive: A Sociology of Modern Culture

ISBN-13: 9781032333663 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 158 str.

John Carroll

Opis

First published in 1977, Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive investigates the process of the transformation of Western society in the twentieth century.

Spis treści

Preface 1. The Puritan 2. The Paranoid 3. The Remissive 4. The Decline of Individual Authority 5. Paranoia and Cultural Change 6. The Remissive Prospect 7. The New England Flight from Calvin: Some Sociological Impressions 8. Puritan Character and The Scarlet Letter 9. On the Function of Culture 10. On Methods (Tocqueville, Weber, Freud) 11. On Universals: Weber, Calvin and Oedipus 12. Motives Bibliography Index

O autorze

John Carroll