| The Modern Condition: Essays at Century's End Contributor(s): Wrong, Dennis H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804732396 ISBN-13: 9780804732390 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: "For almost fifty years, Wrong may well have been the single most consistent voice for good sense and moderation in both the fevered circles of the New York intelligentsia and the discipline of sociology. He brings to his analyses a unique combination of historical perspective and a temperamental inclination to cut through the hype. As a result, whether he is reconsidering past events or arguments (McCarthyism, Hannah Arendt's characterization of totalitarianism, David Riesman's The Lonely Crowd) or assessing current events and fads (rational choice theory, postmodernism, Allan Bloom's lament about the state of the 'American Mind'), Wrong invariably ends up providing a new, balanced perspective where none existed before." --Axel van den Berg, McGill University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.2 |
| LCCN: 97037687 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.8" W x 8.84" (1.06 lbs) 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This leading sociologist brings his distinctive method of social criticism to bear on some of the most significant ideas, political and social events, and thinkers of the late twentieth century. |