Reason and Freedom in Sociological Thought (Rle Social Theory)

ISBN-13: 9781138984660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 228 str.

Frank Hearn;¬Abar;¬Abar

Opis

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? Workin

Spis treści

1. On Reason and Freedom  2. Conservatism and the Rise of Sociology  3. Marx and Weber: Reason, Rationality and Emancipation  4. Modernism: Freedom Without Reason  5. Capitalist Rationalization and Democracy  6. The Public Grounding of Reason, Freedom and Democracy  7. Critical Social Theory

O autorze

Frank Hearn