Many of the fundamental questions philosophers and social
scientists ask, necessarily entail examining the role of the social
institutions. Social institutions are synchronized systems of
self-enforcing regulative rules, behaviors, and practices designed
for the perpetuation of important societal functions and which give
durable structure to social interactions. Everything in human life
entails aspects of one or more of these institutions. There are
people in academia that want to sweep "dead white males" under the
historical carpet, but two dead white men we cannot ignore when
examining the social institutions are Plato and Aristotle. These
men have been at the heart of Western culture for more than two
millennia and still continue to shape it. There are few social or
political issues today that were not thought about by these two
great men. They had a lot to say about the social institutions, but
they had contrasting visions on most things pertaining to them that
may be broadly viewed as liberal and conservative, or what
economist/philosopher Thomas Sowell calls unconstrained and
constrained visionaries, respectively. The book is a scholarly work
on these two foundational philosophers, but will also serve as a
supplementary text for a sociology class (introduction to
sociology, or one specifically devoted to the social institutions).
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General
| Imprint: |
Ethics International Press Ltd
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| Authors: |
Anthony Walsh
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
230 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-80441-187-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-80441-187-6 |
| Barcode: |
9781804411872 |
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