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| Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Active society revisited. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2006 (OCoLC)654998848 |
| Named Person: | Amitai Etzioni; Amitai Etzioni; Amitai Etzioni; Amitai Etzioni; Amitai Etzioni |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Wilson C McWilliams |
| ISBN: | 0742549143 9780742549142 0742549151 9780742549159 |
| OCLC Number: | 61123001 |
| Description: | viii, 352 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | Introduction / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Macroscopic action : on Amitai Etzioni's contribution to social theory / Hans Joas -- The cultural dimensions of The active society / Edward W. Lehman -- The cybernetic institutionalist / Fabio Rojas -- The constitution of activity : Etzioni's foundation of social theory in collective action and collective actors / Frank Adloff -- The actively drifting society / Joseph H. Spear -- Communitarianism : the highest state of progressivism The active society revisited / Dennis Hale -- The teamwork of Sisyphus : post-Fordist capitalism, corporate culture, and Etzioni's "active society" / Eugene McCarraher -- Membership and belonging : Etzioni's "authenticity" and the existential challenges of liberalism / Richard Boyd -- Swing low sweet chariot : transformation and religious tradition / William C. Green -- The eagle and the worm : The active society from a community organizer's perspective / Mike Miller -- Searching for active citizenship / David S. Gutterman and Melissa Buis Michaux -- Courting megalogues : judicial power in The active society / Paul A. Sracic -- Community formation, gender issues, and the evolution of international law : a perspective on Amitai Etzioni's The active society / Frances T. Pilch -- "Lighting damp logs" : social movements, liberal democracy, and the politics of transformation / Daniel J. Tichenor -- From The active society to the good society : the second sailing of Amitai Etzioni / Patrick J. Deneen -- The active society revisited : a response / Amitai Etzioni. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Wilson Carey McWilliams. |
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Credit must be given to the editor...for having assembled a talented team of sociological archaeologists... -- Edward A. Tiryakian, Duke University * American Journal of Sociology * The Active Society Revisited strikes me as a beautifully composed collection of excellent articles. It starts off with a number of articles that constructively criticize the social theoretical argument underlying The Active Society; it then presents a number of articles dealing critically with the attainability and desirability of the active society, interspersed with articles addressing the moral philosophical position of The Active Society. This is then followed by a number of articles presenting some constructive applications of Etzioni's ideas; and the book concludes with a contemplative article and Etzioni's response. It is a beautiful composition. -- Reinoud Bosch Read more...
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