Essays in the theory of society.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dahrendorf, Ralf, 1929-2009
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 1968.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Values and social science; the value dispute in perspective
  • Homo sociologicus; on the history, significance, and limits of the category of social role.
  • Sociology and human nature; a postscript to Homo sociologicus
  • Out of Utopia; toward a reorientation of sociological analysis
  • In praise of Thrasymachus
  • On the origin of inequality among men
  • Liberty and equality; reflections of a sociologist on a classical theme of politics
  • Market and plan; two types of rationality.
  • Uncertainty, science, and democracy
  • Sociology and the sociologist; on the problem of theory and practice.