Tönnies: Community and Civil Society (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

Tönnies' Community and Civil Society (first published in 1887 as Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft) is a classic of social and political theory, exploring the tension between close-knit "communities" and an emerging global market "society". It is a response to modernity, an exercise in social, political and moral science, and an unusual commentary on the inner character of "democratic socialism". This new translation and introduction make this important work much more readily accessible to student readers, and those interested in social and political theory and the history of European ideas. Cover......Page 1 Half-title......Page 3 Series-title......Page 5 Title......Page 7 Copyright......Page 8 Contents......Page 9 Acknowledgements......Page 10 General introduction......Page 11 Chronology of Tönnies’s life and career......Page 33 A note on the texts and further reading......Page 36 A note on translation......Page 40 Glossary......Page 43 A note on the text......Page 46 Community and Civil Society......Page 47 Tönnies’s preface to the first edition, 1887......Page 49 Book One A general classification of key ideas......Page 61 The argument......Page 63 2......Page 65 1......Page 68 2......Page 70 3......Page 71 4......Page 72 6......Page 73 7......Page 75 9......Page 78 10......Page 80 11......Page 82 12......Page 83 13......Page 85 14......Page 86 15......Page 87 16......Page 89 17......Page 91 18......Page 94 19......Page 98 20......Page 100 21......Page 103 22......Page 104 23......Page 106 24......Page 108 25......Page 109 26......Page 112 27......Page 114 28......Page 116 29......Page 118 30......Page 119 31......Page 121 32......Page 124 33......Page 125 34......Page 126 35......Page 127 36......Page 128 37......Page 130 38......Page 132 39......Page 134 Book Two Natural will and rational will......Page 139 2......Page 141 3......Page 142 4......Page 143 5......Page 145 6......Page 147 7......Page 148 8......Page 151 9......Page 154 10......Page 160 11......Page 162 12......Page 164 13......Page 166 14......Page 168 15......Page 170 16......Page 171 17......Page 173 18......Page 175 19......Page 178 20......Page 179 21......Page 180 22......Page 181 23......Page 183 24......Page 184 25......Page 186 26......Page 188 27......Page 189 28......Page 191 29......Page 192 30......Page 193 31......Page 194 32......Page 196 33......Page 198 34......Page 201 35......Page 204 36......Page 206 37......Page 208 38......Page 210 39......Page 211 40......Page 214 41......Page 217 42......Page 219 Book Three The sociological basis of natural law......Page 223 1......Page 225 2......Page 228 3......Page 230 4......Page 232 5......Page 233 6......Page 235 7......Page 237 8......Page 239 9......Page 241 10......Page 243 11......Page 245 12......Page 247 13......Page 249 14......Page 252 15......Page 257 16......Page 258 17......Page 260 18......Page 262 19......Page 263 20......Page 265 21......Page 268 22......Page 269 23......Page 271 24......Page 273 25......Page 275 26......Page 276 27......Page 277 28......Page 279 29......Page 282 30......Page 285 31......Page 287 Appendix Conclusions and future prospects......Page 291 1......Page 293 2......Page 294 3......Page 295 4......Page 297 5......Page 299 6......Page 302 7......Page 303 8......Page 304 9......Page 306 Index......Page 308 "Ferdinand Tonnies's Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory in the later-modern period. It focuses on the universally endemic clash between small-scale, kinship and neighbourhood-based 'communities' and large-scale competitive market 'societies'. This theme is explored in all aspects of life - in political, economic, legal and family structures; in art, religion and culture; in constructions of 'selfhood' and 'personhood'; and in modes of cognition, language and human understanding. Tonnies is best known as one of the 'founding fathers' of modern sociology, but the present work lays greater emphasis on his relationship to European political thought and to developments in philosophy since the seventeenth-century scientific revolution, particularly the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It can be read at many different levels: as a response to developments in Bismarckian Germany; as a more general critique of the culture of modernity; as a theoretical exercise in social, political and moral science; and as an unusual commentary on the inner character of 'democratic socialism'. This new translation and introduction make Tonnies's classic but difficult work accessible to English-speaking readers interested in social and political theory, intellectual and social history, language and cultural studies, and the history of economic thought."--Jacket Ferdinand Tönnies'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'. Tönnies 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 Tönnies'work to a fresh generation of English-speaking readers with interests in social and political theory and the history of European ideas. Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (Community and Civil Society) is a classic of social and political theory, exploring the tension between close-knit 'communities' and an emerging global market 'society'. This new translation and introduction make this seminal work accessible to students of social and political theory and the history of European ideas