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Originally published in 1889, Ferdinand Tonnies published versions
of two works by Thomas Hobbes. His editions of The Elements of Law:
Natural and Politic and of Behemoth: or The Long Parliament were
the first modern critical editions, based on manuscripts of works
by Hobbes. Completed in 1640, The Elements of Law was Hobbes's
first systematic political work. The book helps us see Hobbes's
mind at work, for it is the first version of his later political
works.
Originally published in 1889, Ferdinand Tonnies published versions
of two works by Thomas Hobbes. His editions of The Elements of Law:
Natural and Politic and of Behemoth: or The Long Parliament were
the first modern critical editions, based on manuscripts of works
by Hobbes. Completed in 1640, The Elements of Law was Hobbes's
first systematic political work. The book helps us see Hobbes's
mind at work, for it is the first version of his later political
works.
If there is a-"desert island" book in the conduct of social
research, it is arguably this book. Whether in terms of
sociological structures or psychological nuances, Communism,
Conformity, and Civil Liberties, originally published in 1955, is a
recognized landmark. Stouffer helped strengthen the fundamental
liberties of all Americans by showing dangerous consequences of
efforts to thwart a perceived Communist conspiracy, including some
of the very real liberties that can be destroyed in the process of
a witch-hunt. Stouffer explores attitudes of Americans against a
backdrop of a history of intolerance that dates back to the
Know-Nothing party before the Civil War and extending through the
Ku Klux Klan after World War I. The overall results show a markedly
strong relationship between perception of high national risk and
personal intolerance of differences, and also the perception of
threat and tolerance that operates as a predisposing tendency that
affects judgments about specific political movements and events.
Stouffer enriches the sense and meaning of survey research by
emphasizing patterns of percentages rather than actual amounts;
survey craftsmanship; the use of paired sampling techniques to
reduce problems of chance; the importance of completion rates in
survey research work; the importance of interruptions during a
questioning period; the choice of field workers in performing the
surveys. The actual survey instruments are included as prepared by
the National Opinion Research Center and the Gallup Organization.
They remain a model for large-scale samples of this kind. The
beautiful, highly personal, introduction by James Davis places
Stouffer in an appropriate academic and professional context.
Stouffer was a great sociologist with two landmark efforts to his
credit: The American Soldier and then Communism, Conformity and
Civil Liberties. Professor Davis calls this "a great classic of
empirical sociology." It is indeed that: a model of craftsmanship,
exemplary argumentation, and presentation of data still
unsurpassed. The book is not part of ancient history, but of
living, democratic culture.
In Custom , Ferdinand Tonnies illustrates the relationship of
custom to various aspects of culture, such as religion, gender, and
family. Tonnies argues that all social norms are evolved from a
basic sense of order, which is largely derived from customs. As
such, custom refers to the ideal, and the desirable, and it
mediates subjective aspects of social life. Tonnies makes
observations in Custom that are just as true today as when they
were written over a century ago. The pivotal idea in Tonnies work
is the observation that custom, like its individual counterpart
habit, has three distinct aspects: a fact--an actual way of
conduct; a norm--a general rule of conduct; and a will. The
analysis, extended into the field of collective behaviour, helps to
explain how far custom can be regarded as a manifestation of a
common will. Custom is a classic contribution in the grand canon of
law and society scholarship. Moreover, the volume introduces
several key elements of Tonnies' work focusing on broader
sociological thought, which benefits both the theoretical
understanding of law as an object of social science reflection, as
well as provides empirical insights into the roles of law in
society.
In Custom, Ferdinand Tonnies illustrates the relationship of
custom to various aspects of culture, such as religion, gender, and
family. Tonnies argues that all social norms are evolved from a
basic sense of order, which is largely derived from customs. As
such, custom refers to the ideal, and the desirable, and it
mediates subjective aspects of social life. Tonnies makes
observations in Custom that are just as true today as when they
were written over a century ago.
The pivotal idea in Tonnies work is the observation that custom,
like its individual counterpart habit, has three distinct aspects:
a fact--an actual way of conduct; a norm--a general rule of
conduct; and a will. The analysis, extended into the field of
collective behavior, helps to explain how far custom can be
regarded as a manifestation of a common will.
Custom is a classic contribution in the grand canon of law and
society scholarship. Moreover, the volume introduces several key
elements of Tonnies' work focusing on broader sociological thought,
which benefits both the theoretical understanding of law as an
object of social science reflection, as well as provides empirical
insights into the roles of law in society.
If there is a-"desert island" book in the conduct of social
research, it is arguably this book. Whether in terms of
sociological structures or psychological nuances, Communism,
Conformity, and Civil Liberties, originally published in 1955, is a
recognized landmark. Stouffer helped strengthen the fundamental
liberties of all Americans by showing dangerous consequences of
efforts to thwart a perceived Communist conspiracy, including some
of the very real liberties that can be destroyed in the process of
a witch-hunt. Stouffer explores attitudes of Americans against a
backdrop of a history of intolerance that dates back to the
Know-Nothing party before the Civil War and extending through the
Ku Klux Klan after World War I. The overall results show a markedly
strong relationship between perception of high national risk and
personal intolerance of differences, and also the perception of
threat and tolerance that operates as a predisposing tendency that
affects judgments about specific political movements and events.
Stouffer enriches the sense and meaning of survey research by
emphasizing patterns of percentages rather than actual amounts;
survey craftsmanship; the use of paired sampling techniques to
reduce problems of chance; the importance of completion rates in
survey research work; the importance of interruptions during a
questioning period; the choice of field workers in performing the
surveys. The actual survey instruments are included as prepared by
the National Opinion Research Center and the Gallup Organization.
They remain a model for large-scale samples of this kind. The
beautiful, highly personal, introduction by James Davis places
Stouffer in an appropriate academic and professional context.
Stouffer was a great sociologist with two landmark efforts to his
credit: The American Soldier and then Communism, Conformity and
Civil Liberties. Professor Davis calls this "a great classic of
empirical sociology." It is indeed that: a model of craftsmanship,
exemplary argumentation, and presentation of data still
unsurpassed. The book is not part of ancient history, but of
living, democratic culture.
This extraordinary prescient work by Ferdinand Toennies was
written in 1887 for a small coterie of scholars, and over the next
fifty years continued to grow in importance and adherents. Its
translator into English, Charles P. Loomis, well described it as a
volume which pointed back into the Middle Ages and ahead into the
future in its attempt to answer the questions: "What are we? Where
are we? Whence did we come? Where are we going?" If the questions
seem portentous in the extreme, the answers Toennies provides are
modest and compelling.
Every major field from sociology, to psychology, to
anthropology, has found this to be a praiseworthy book. The
admirable translation by Professor Loomis did much to transfer
praise for the Toennies text from the German to the
English-speaking world. Now, outfitted with a brilliant new opening
essay by John Samples, the author of a recent full-scale
biographical work on Toennies, Community and Society is back in
print; a welcome reminder of the glorious past of German social
science.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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