Tönnies, Ferdinand 1855-1936

Community & society (Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft) by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
141 editions published between 1881 and 2011 in 12 languages and held by 1,577 libraries worldwide
"Ferdinand Tonnies's Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory in the later-modern period. It focuses on the universally endemic clash between small-scale, kinship and neighbourhood-based 'communities' and large-scale competitive market 'societies'. This theme is explored in all aspects of life - in political, economic, legal and family structures; in art, religion and culture; in constructions of 'selfhood' and 'personhood'; and in modes of cognition, language and human understanding. Tonnies is best known as one of the 'founding fathers' of modern sociology, but the present work lays greater emphasis on his relationship to European political thought and to developments in philosophy since the seventeeth-century scientific revolution, particularly the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It can be read at many different levels: as a response to developments in Bismarckian Germany; as a more general critique of the culture of modernity; as a theoretical exercise in social, political and moral science; and as an unusual commentary on the inner character of 'democratic socialism'. This new translation and introduction make Tonnies's classic but difficult work accessible to English-speaking readers interested in social and political theory, intellectual and social history, language and cultural studies, and the history of economic thought."--Jacket.

The elements of law, natural and politic by Thomas Hobbes ( Book )
40 editions published between 1888 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 772 libraries worldwide

Ferdinand Toennies on sociology: pure, applied, and empirical by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
5 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 630 libraries worldwide

Karl Marx, his life and teachings (Leben und Lehre) by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
5 editions published between 1919 and 1974 in English and German and held by 579 libraries worldwide

Custom; an essay on social codes by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
11 editions published between 1961 and 1971 in English and German and held by 568 libraries worldwide

Behemoth; or, The long Parliament by Thomas Hobbes ( Book )
17 editions published between 1889 and 2005 in English and Slovenian and held by 404 libraries worldwide

Fundamental concepts of sociology (Gemeinschaft und gesellschaft) by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
3 editions published in 1940 in English and held by 269 libraries worldwide

Thomas Hobbes leben und lehre by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
28 editions published between 1896 and 1988 in 3 languages and held by 245 libraries worldwide

Community and association (Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft) by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
5 editions published between 1955 and 1974 in English and held by 218 libraries worldwide

Ferdinand Tönnies on public opinion : selections and analyses by Ferdinand Tönnies ( Book )
5 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 213 libraries worldwide