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Moral Order and Social Disorder - American Search for Civil Society (Paperback, New)
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Moral Order and Social Disorder - American Search for Civil Society (Paperback, New)
Series: Sociological Imagination & Structural Change Series
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Drawing upon both classical insights and more recent writings,
Hearn provides a compelling account of social breakdown in the
United States. The book examines the conditions most responsible
for the deterioration of social institutions, notably the family,
and of communitarian interdependencies, such as those that support
neighborhoods. More specifically, Hearn analyzes the defining
forces of liberal modernity--among them, especially, the market
economy (favored by the political right) and the democratic welfare
state (endorsed by the political left)--whose steady expansion has
diminished the social contexts that nurture trust, mutuality, and a
robust sense of both personal responsibility and social obligation.
The originality of Hearn's book lies in the solutions he proposes,
which differ from those rooted in what Hearn calls "the languages
of modernity." Hearn advocates modes that would serve instead to
renew solidarity and reclaim social virtue, a repertory of
strategies that would answer Emile Durkheim's call for the creation
of moral individualism. He assesses various approaches to
revitalizing the social settings, the social institutions, and
communitarian structures within which people become moral
individuals capable of care about and taking responsibility for the
fates of others.
Readers of this book are invited to draw their own conclusions by
relying in larger part on themselves as parents, neighbors,
community members, and citizen-participants in a civil society in
restoration. As the "American Journal of Sociology" notes, "the
book succeeds in its goals, and it deserves to be widely read."
"Frank Hearn" was professor of sociology at the State University of
New York, College of Cortland, and the author of "Reason and
Freedom in Sociological Thought" and "The Transformation of
Industrial Organization."
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Imprint: |
AldineTransaction
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Sociological Imagination & Structural Change Series |
Release date: |
December 1997 |
First published: |
1997 |
Editors: |
Frank Hearn
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
222 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-202-30604-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Sociology, social studies >
General
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LSN: |
0-202-30604-6 |
Barcode: |
9780202306049 |
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