Innerworldly Individualism looks to colonial history, in
particular, seventeenth-century New England, to understand the
sources of modern nation building. Seligman analyzes how cultural
assumptions of collective identity and social authority emerged out
of the religious beliefs of the first generation of settlers in New
England. He goes on to examine how these assumptions crystallized
three generations later into patterns of normative order, forming
the foundation of an American consciousness. Seligman uses
sociological research grounded hi early American history as his
laboratory, and does so in a highly original way.
Seligman uses Max Weber's paradigm of sociological inquiry to
explore how a combination of ideational and structural factors
helped to develop modem conceptions of authority and collective
identity among New England communities. Seligman addresses a number
of significant issues, including social change, the mutual
interaction and development of process and structure, and the role
of charisma in the forging of a social order. His book profoundly
increases our understanding of the ideological and social processes
prevalent hi early American history as well as their contemporary
influence on civil identity.
"Innerworldly Individualism "uniquely intertwines sociological
study with cultural history. It uses American history to develop
and elucidate problems of broad theoretical significance.
Seligman's argument is bolstered by a close examination of concrete
detail. His book will be of interest to anthropologists,
sociologists, political theorists, and historians of American
culture.
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