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First published in 1984 Tradition and Innovation by viewing Western
civilization as a culture, puts the common perspectives of our
major Western institutions in bolder relief. The author shows how
the institutionalization of central modes of Western
rationality-found in capitalism, industrialization, science,
science - based technology, bureaucracy, the rule of law, the
social and behavioral sciences-has created a culturally and
historically unique form of collective life: advanced industrial
society. Indicative of this development is the nature and meaning
of the so-called innovative society itself, where rationality is
increasingly seen to repose in institutions and organized
structures rather than in individuals. Professor Wilson argues that
this rationality is becoming traditionalized as a central artifact
of our form of life, one which believes in the independent
existence of the ‘facts of life’. This is borne out by the
increasing autonomy of what professor Wilson calls ‘disembodied
disciplined observation’, determined as it is to annihilate
contemplation and reflection in its effort to reconstitute practice
in its own image. This is an interesting read for students of
sociology, political science, public administration, and social
science in general.
First published in 1977 The American Ideology presents an analysis
of the ways in which Americans and the most advanced capitalist
countries think about science, technology, and organization. In
particular, the author describes it as an anti-sociological essay
set within the broader area between sociology and philosophy as
functionally legitimate disciplines within the academic division of
labour. The ‘American ideology’ seems to revolve around the
concepts of rationality and domination; the tension between these
concepts is central to the work of Hegel, Marx, Weber, and the
Frankfurt School. The author argues in particular that the social
sciences are unavoidably a part of the problem expressed through
this tension and not a neutral means of observing and resolving it
from a distance. This book is an essential read for students and
scholars of sociology, political science, and political philosophy.
This book, first published in 1991, demonstrates that Marx is the
legitimate founder of what was to become the critical theory of
society. It argues that in order to justify a new conception of
humans as collective, cultural and historical beings, Marx
undertook a radical critique of the theoretical/analytical method
of his predecessors and his contemporaries in political economy,
philosophy and the natural sciences. While elements of the methods
of some of these thinkers - most conspicuously from the work of
Aristotle, Kant and Hegel - were present in Marx's thought, he
achieved a new synthesis of procedural, epistemological and
ontological methods.
This book, first published in 1991, demonstrates that Marx is the
legitimate founder of what was to become the critical theory of
society. It argues that in order to justify a new conception of
humans as collective, cultural and historical beings, Marx
undertook a radical critique of the theoretical/analytical method
of his predecessors and his contemporaries in political economy,
philosophy and the natural sciences. While elements of the methods
of some of these thinkers - most conspicuously from the work of
Aristotle, Kant and Hegel - were present in Marx's thought, he
achieved a new synthesis of procedural, epistemological and
ontological methods.
One boy, his friends, and a journey for seven stones is all it
takes for a fascinating adventure! Ashin is a nine year-old boy who
(what seems to be a mistake) is taken on the odyssey of his life.
Having to face magic, sorcery, and the Master of the Dark Arts
himself, he must learn to be what he is destined to be and befriend
those who aren't easy to like. This thirteen year-old writer
relates to the hearts of many, young and old, in her passion for
writing!
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