Classical readings in culture and civilization
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Classical readings in culture and civilization
（International library of sociology）
Routledge, 1998
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: hbk ISBN 9780415105163
Description
In recent times, especially under the influence of postmodernism, culture has often been construed as a critique of modernity. This wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of readings shows that such issues have always been at the centre of thought about the relationship between culture and civilization
The readings are divided into three sections, linking the civilization debate to political theory, to the cultural debate and to the sociology and anthropology. The substantial extracts included give students a rare chance to engage at length with classic texts to appreciate the nature of the battle between the Enlightenment and its critics which has shaped current thought.
Classical Readings on Culture and Civilisation presents essays from Immanuel Kant, Adam Ferguson, Thomas Jefferson, Alexis de Tocqueville, Friedrich von Schiller, Friedrich Nietzche, Georg Simmel, Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, Lucien Febvre, Alfred Weber, Robert E. Park, Norbert Elias.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Civilization, Culture and the Human Self-Image Part I: Civilization as Political Transformation 1. Civilization and Enlightenment: "Idea for a Universal History from a Cosmopolitan Point of View' 2. Nations and Civilizations: Extracts from An Essay on the History of Civil Society 3. Civilization, Enlightenment and the New World: Extracts from Notes on the State of Virginia 4. Democracy and Depotism: Extracts from Democracy in America Part II: Cultural Critiques of Civilization 5. Civilization and Romanticism: Extracts from On the Aesthetic Education of Man 6. Civilization as Cruelty: Extract from On the Genealogy of Morals (second essay) 7. Cultures Inevitable Loss: `On the Concept and Tragedy of Culture' 8. Militarism and Culture: An Extract from Reflections of a Non-Political Man 9. Civilization's Streit: `Why War?' Part III: Sociology and Anthropology: From Civilization to Civilizing Processes 10. Between Sociology and Anthropology I: `Note of the Notion of Civilization' 11. Between Sociology and Anthropology II: `Civilization: Elements and Forms' 12. History and Civilization `Civilisation: Evolution of a Word and a Group of Ideas' 13. Civilization and Culture - a Synthesis: `Fundamentals of Culture-Sociology: Social Process, Civilization Process and Culture-Movement' 14. Cities of Culture, Cities of Civilization: `The Problem of Cultural Differences' 15. Civilization, Culture, Identity: `"Civilization" and "Culture": Nationalism and Nation-State Formation': An Extract from The Germans
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: pbk ISBN 9780415105170
Description
In recent times, especially under the influence of postmodernism, culture has often been construed as a critique of modernity. This wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of readings shows that such issues have always been at the centre of thought about the relationship between culture and civilization
The readings are divided into three sections, linking the civilization debate to political theory, to the cultural debate and to the sociology and anthropology. The substantial extracts included give students a rare chance to engage at length with classic texts to appreciate the nature of the battle between the Enlightenment and its critics which has shaped current thought.
Classical Readings on Culture and Civilisation presents essays from Immanuel Kant, Adam Ferguson, Thomas Jefferson, Alexis de Tocqueville, Friedrich von Schiller, Friedrich Nietzche, Georg Simmel, Thomas Mann, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Marcel Mauss, Lucien Febvre, Alfred Weber, Robert E. Park and Norbert Elias.
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