Two Sovereigns - Social Contradictions of European Modernity

Informationen zum Autor Keith Tester Klappentext This book is invariably stimulating, containing many interesting and provocative ideas on issues central both to social theory and to making sense of the world(s) in which we live. It develops a series of original images or metaphors - gardens v. allotments, double strangers and so on - as aids to understanding social processes. Lively, bold and assured it will interest students of social theory, political science and philosophy. Zusammenfassung Keith Tester examines modernity through the prism of the two sovereigns - of the individual and the collectivity. It is a stimulating meditation on the difficult and contradictory experiences of European modernity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, 1. Strangers, 2. Gardens, 3. Sealed Trains, 4. Allotments, 5. Sewage, 6. Freedom, 7. Divergence, 8. Conclusion, Bibliography

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• Authors: Keith Tester, Keith Professor Tester, Professor Keith Tester, TESTER KEITH
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.07.1992
• EAN: 9780415061919
• ISBN: 978-0-415-06191-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Politikwissenschaft, Europa