On thinking institutionally
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On thinking institutionally
（On politics）
Paradigm, c2008
- : hard
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Respect for the game
- Our modern impasse
- From thinking about institutions to thinking institutionally
- Being institutionally-minded
- Applications, dangers and the uphill journey
- Ways of thinking, ways of being
Description and Table of Contents
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: hard ISBN 9781594512957
Description
A brilliant look at institutions as popular as the National Basketball Association and as austere as the Supreme Court, all through the lens of what it means to "think institutionally."
The twenty-first-century mind deeply distrusts the authority of institutions. It has taken several centuries for advocates of "critical" thinking to convince Western culture that to be rational, liberated, authentic, and modern means to be anti-institutional. In this mold-breaking book, Hugh Heclo moves beyond the abstract academic realm of thinking "about" institutions to the more personal significance-and larger social meaning-of what it is to "think institutionally." His account ranges from Michael Jordan's "respect for the game" of basketball to Greek philosophy, from twenty-first-century corporate and political scandals to Christian theology and the concept of "office" and "professionalism." Think what you will about one institution or another, but after Heclo, no reader will be left in doubt about why it matters to think institutionally.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Introduction: Respect for the Game
Chapter 2: Our Modern Impasse
Chapter 3: From Thinking about Institutions to Thinking Institutionally
Chapter 4: Being Institutionally Minded
Chapter 5: Applications, Dangers, and the Uphill Journey
Chapter 6: Ways of Thinking, Ways of Being
Notes
Appendix: Selected Works of Hugh Heclo
Index
About the Author
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: pbk ISBN 9781594512964
Description
A brilliant look at institutions as popular as the National Basketball Association and as austere as the Supreme Court, all through the lens of what it means to "think institutionally." The twenty-first-century mind deeply distrusts the authority of institutions. It has taken several centuries for advocates of "critical" thinking to convince Western culture that to be rational, liberated, authentic, and modern means to be anti-institutional. In this mold-breaking book, Hugh Heclo moves beyond the abstract academic realm of thinking "about" institutions to the more personal significance-and larger social meaning-of what it is to "think institutionally." His account ranges from Michael Jordan's "respect for the game" of basketball to Greek philosophy, from twenty-first-century corporate and political scandals to Christian theology and the concept of "office" and "professionalism." Think what you will about one institution or another, but after Heclo, no reader will be left in doubt about why it matters to think institutionally.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction: Respect for the Game Chapter 2: Our Modern Impasse Chapter 3: From Thinking about Institutions to Thinking Institutionally Chapter 4: Being Institutionally Minded Chapter 5: Applications, Dangers, and the Uphill Journey Chapter 6: Ways of Thinking, Ways of Being Notes Appendix: Selected Works of Hugh Heclo Index About the Author
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