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This volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, bringing together studies by leading scholars to mark the centenary of his death in 1923. Assessing Pareto's many contributions to the social sciences and his unique integration of the disciplines of sociology, politics, and economics, it addresses the relative neglect of Pareto's work and explores both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory. As such it will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in the history of sociology and the importance of Pareto's thought.
List of contents
1. Pareto: A Centennial Appraisal 2. Non-Logical Action and Emotions in Pareto's Sociology 3. Pareto's Economics: From Utility to Ophelimity 4. Differing Twins: Economy, Society, and Politics in Pareto and Sombart 5. Aron and Pareto 6. Pareto and Friedrich: The Harvard Elite Story 7. Talcott Parsons and Vilfredo Pareto 8. Reasons as Causes: Pareto on Rationality and Irrationality in Action 9. The Social Turnover of Pareto: Sociology between Naturalization and Socialization 10. Pareto's Political Sociology 11. Concluding Comments
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, Reintroducing Toennies and Money, Value, and Capital: The Early Austrian School of Economics. 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 volume seeks to restore Vilfredo Pareto to his rightful place in the history of social and economic thought, assessing his many contributions to the social sciences, while exploring both his continuing relevance to social research and the influence of his thought on subsequent developments in sociology and social theory.
