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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Toennies: Community And Civil Society by Ferdinand Toennies , Translated by Margaret Hollis , Edited by Jose Harris
Ferdinand Toennies Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft first published in 1887 is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash between small-scale neighbourhood-based communities and large-scale competitive market societies. Toennies considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal and family; art, religion and culture; the construction of selfhood and personhood; and modes of cognition, language and understanding. Often recognised as one of the founding texts of sociology, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft is also a highly significant contribution to European political thought and philosophy, with particular relevance to the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It is at once a response to modernity, a theoretical exercise in social, political and moral science, and an unusual commentary on the inner character of democratic socialism. This new English rendition will introduce Toennies work to a fresh generation of English-speaking readers with interests in social and political theory and the history of European ideas.show more