The flight from ambiguity : essays in social and cultural theory / Donald N. Levine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levine, Donald N., 1931-2015, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ambiguity.

Rationalism.

Sociology--Methodology.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (259 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1988.

Summary:

The essays turn about a single theme, the loss of the capacity to deal constructively with ambiguity in the modern era.Levine offers a head-on critique of the modern compulsion to flee ambiguity.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

1. The Flight from Ambiguity

2. Ambiguity and Modernity

3. The Flexibility of Traditional Cultures

4. Emile Durkheim, Univocalist Manque

5. Useful Confusions: Simmel's Stranger and His Followers

6. Ambivalent Encounters: Disavowals of Simmel by Durkheim, Weber, Lukacs, Park, and Parsons

7. Rationality and Freedom, Inveterate Multivocals

8. Freud, Weber, and Modern Rationales of Conscience

9. On Subjective and Objective Rationality in Simmel ... and Weber ... and Parsons

Epilogue: Two Cheers for Ambiguity in Science

Appendix: Weber's Summary Formulation Regarding the Forms of Rationality

Acknowledgments

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-226-05621-X

OCLC:

1292363304