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Society, history, and the global human condition : essays in honor of Irving M. Zeitlin / edited by Zaheer Baber and Joseph M. Bryant.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociology.
- Social sciences.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (598 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book highlights the continuing relevance of classical sociological theories and concepts in making sense of the contemporary globalized world. Covering a very wide historical and geographical range and topics that include: classical sociological theory, genocide, resistance, the intifada, street gangs, democracy, bureaucracy, war literature, ethnic diversity, national culture, and science, the distinguished contributors to this volume affirm the contemporary relevance of the classical sociological tradition for making sense of the global human condition.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgments; A Congratulatory Salutation to Our Honoree; Introduction; Passing the Torch, Kindling the Fires; 1; Mentoring Matters; 2; The Code of the Streets; 3; The Last Stands of Jews in the Small Town Ghettos of German-Occupied Poland, 1941-1943; 4; State Breakdown Theory and Geopolitical Theory; 5; Breaking the Iron Triangle of Sociological Causation; 6; Deference versus Democracy in Traditional and Modern Bureaucracy; 7; Democracy: Twenty-First-Century Horizons; 8; Globalization, Migration, and Globalizing Cities; 9; Defining National Culture; 10; Assimilation and Anti-Semitism; 11
- Christianity in Korea and Japan12; Mannheim, Mills, and Merton; 13; Borders and Hybridity in Contemporary Literature and Social Theory; 14; Combat Medicine and War Literature; 15; Planting Empires, Producing Science; Appendix A; Complete List of Publications by Irving M. Zeitlin; Appendix B; Complete List of PhD Dissertations Supervised by Irving M. Zeitlin at the University of Toronto; About the Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-34591-6
- 1-282-93658-1
- 9786612936586
- 0-7391-4038-8
- OCLC:
- 703440358
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