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Zusatztext While sociologists focused on power and resources might suggest that there is more than this underlying conflict, this book offers an intriguing set of social dynamics for theorists to engage. Informationen zum Autor Donald Black is a University Professor of the Social Sciences at the University of Virginia. He is the author of six books, including The Behavior of Law, Sociological Justice (OUP 1989), and The Social Structure of Right and Wrong. Klappentext Conflict is ubiquitous and inevitable, but people generally dislike it and try to prevent or avoid it as much as possible. So why do clashes of right and wrong occur? And why are some more serious than others? In Moral Time, sociologist Donald Black presents a new theory of conflict that provides answers to these and many other questions. Zusammenfassung Why do clashes of right and wrong occur? When will they occur? And why are some clashes worse than others? In Moral Time, Donald Black presents a general theory of conflict, drawing on a wide range of cultural and historical examples to explain this fundamental and inescapable aspect of social life. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.: Introduction: The Nature of Social Time-The Origin of Conflict Part One: Relational Time 2.: Overintimacy: Overinvolvement-Overexposure 3.: Underintimacy: Underinvolvement-Underexposure Part Two: Vertical Time 4.: Overstratification: Oversuperiority-Overinferiority 5.: Understratification: Undersuperiority-Underinferiority Part Three: Cultural Time 6.: Overdiversity: Overtraditionalism-Overinnovation 7.: Underdiversity: Undertraditionalism-Underinnovation Conclusion: The Geometry of Social Time-Tribal Time-Modern Time-Postmodern Time
