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The dark side of modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Civilization, Modern. Social sciences > Philosophy.

Table of Contents:

Social theory between progress and apocalypse
Autonomy and domination: Weber's cage
Barbarism and modernity: Eisenstadt's regret
Integration and justice: Parsons' utopia
Despising others: Simmel's stranger
Meaning evil
De-civilizing the civil sphere
Psychotherapy as central institution
The frictions of modernity and their possible repair.