The Active Society RevisitedThe Active Society, published in 1968, is the most ambitious book in Amitai Etzioni's remarkable career. It is sociology in the grand tradition, with at least one foot outside its own time. In it, Etzioni confronts the great modern irony- that setting out to become the masters of nature, humans become mastered by their own instruments- championing the sense of agency and aiming to demonstrate that humanity can direct its own creations, or at least, that societies can aspire to a greater measure of authentic self-government. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey McWilliams brings together scholars in a range of disciplines to analyze the significance and shortcomings of this important work. They comment on the importance of Etzioni's contributions, the magnitude of his achievement, and the extent to which The Active Society speaks to contemporary social and political life. |
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... Melissa Buis Michaux 247 Chapter 13 Courting Megalogues : Judicial Power
in the Active Society Paul A . Sracic Chapter 14 Community Formation , Gender
Issues , and the Evolution of International Law : A Perspective on Amitai Etzioni '
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... Melissa Buis Michaux 247 Chapter 13 Courting Megalogues : Judicial Power
in the Active Society Paul A . Sracic Chapter 14 Community Formation , Gender
Issues , and the Evolution of International Law : A Perspective on Amitai Etzioni '
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Amitai Etzioni , The Active Society : A Theory of Societal and Political Processes ,
New York : Free Press , 1968 . 2 . Robin M . Cook , Review in American Journal
of Sociology 75 ( 1969 / 70 ) 546ff . In his autobiography , Etzioni himself has ...
Amitai Etzioni , The Active Society : A Theory of Societal and Political Processes ,
New York : Free Press , 1968 . 2 . Robin M . Cook , Review in American Journal
of Sociology 75 ( 1969 / 70 ) 546ff . In his autobiography , Etzioni himself has ...
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See Amitai Etzioni , A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations . On
Power , Involvement and Their Correlates , New York : Free Press , 1961 . 2 .
Amitai Etzioni , The Moral Dimension : Toward a New Economics , New York :
Free Press ...
See Amitai Etzioni , A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations . On
Power , Involvement and Their Correlates , New York : Free Press , 1961 . 2 .
Amitai Etzioni , The Moral Dimension : Toward a New Economics , New York :
Free Press ...
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Cultural Dimensions of The Active Society | 23 |
The Cybernetic Institutionalist | 53 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Active Society Revisited |
| Editor | Wilson C. McWilliams |
| Contributors | Frank Adloff, Richard Boyd, Melissa Buis-Michaux, Patrick J. Deneen, Daniel Tichenor |
| Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield, 2006 |
| ISBN | 0742549143, 9780742549142 |
| Length | 352 pages |
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