On National Socialism

List of contents

Introduction: Talcott Parsons’s Sociology of National Socialism; The Collection of Texts; 1: Nazis Destroy Learning, Challenge Religion *; 2: Academic Freedom (1939) *; 3: Memorandum: The Development of Groups and Organizations Amenable to Use Against American Institutions and Foreign Policy and Possible Measures of Prevention *; 4: The Sociology of Modern Anti-Semitism *; 5: New Dark Ages Seen If Nazis Should Win *; 6: Max Weber and the Contemporary Political Crisis *; 7: Sociological Reflections on the United States in Relation to the European War *; 8: Some Sociological Aspects of the Fascist Movements *; 9: National Socialism and the German People *; 10: Democracy and Social Structure in Pre-Nazi Germany *; 11: Propaganda and Social Control *; 12: Racial and Religious Differences as Factors in Group Tensions *; 13: The Problem of Controlled Institutional Change * An Essay in Applied Social Science; 14: Certain Primary Sources and Patterns of Aggression in the Social Structure of the Western World *

About the author

Talcott Parsons

Summary

During the years between the publication of the first of his two major works, Talcott Parsons was primarily engaged in political activity through the Office of Strategic Services in its efforts to bring about the defeat of the Third Reich and to set the stage for a democratic reconstruction of postwar Germany

Product details

• Authors: Parsons, Talcott Parsons
• Assisted by: Uta Gerhardt (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9781138512733
• ISBN: 978-1-138-51273-3
• No. of pages: 357
• Series: Social Institutions and Social Change Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies