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This book rediscovers and demonstrates the continuing relevance to sociology of the work of Ferdinand Tönnies. Providing fresh insights into his thought, it explores the key concepts in his work and considers the importance of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics and ethics.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
- Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies
- Nietzsche, Marx, and Hobbes and Their Impact on Tönnies' Intellectual Development
3. Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft
- Die Sitte and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- War, Public Opinion, and Sociological Studies
- Tönnies' Later Sociology
7. Tönnies Reintroduced or Tönnies "Re-discovered?"
About the author
Christopher Adair-Toteff is Fellow at the Center for Social and Political Thought, University of South Florida, USA. A philosopher, sociologist, and social theorist, he has published widely in the field of classical sociology. He is the author of
Raymond Aron's Philosophy of Political Responsibility,
Max Weber's Sociology of Religion,
Fundamental Concepts in Max Weber's Sociology of Religion, and
Sociological Beginnings. He is the editor of
The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch and
The Anthem Companion to Ferdinand Tönnies, and the co-editor of
The Calling of Social Thought: Rediscovering the Work of Edward Shils and
The Anthem Companion to Raymond Aron.
Summary
This book rediscovers and demonstrates the continuing relevance to sociology of the work of Ferdinand Tönnies. Providing fresh insights into his thought, it explores the key concepts in his work and considers the importance of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics and ethics.
