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9780742549159

The Active Society Revisited

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  • ISBN13:

    9780742549159

  • ISBN10:

    0742549151

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2005-12-22
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary

The 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, in 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.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
Macroscopic Action: On Amitai Etzioni's Contribution to Social Theoryp. 13
The Cultural Dimensions of The Active Societyp. 23
The Cybernetic Institutionalistp. 53
The Constitution of Activity-Etzioni's Foundation of Social Theory in Collective Action and Collective Actorsp. 71
The Actively Drifting Societyp. 89
Communitarianism: The Highest State of Progressivism-The Active Society Revisitedp. 117
The Teamwork of Sisyphus: Post-Fordist Capitalism, Corporate Culture, and Etzioni's "Active Society"p. 137
Membership and Belonging: Etzioni's "Authenticity" and the Existential Challenges of Liberalismp. 167
Swing Low Sweet Chariot: Transformation and Religious Traditionp. 193
The Eagle and the Worm: The Active Society from a Community Organizer's Perspectivep. 209
Searching for Active Citizenshipp. 223
Courting Megalogues: Judicial Power in the Active Societyp. 247
Community Formation, Gender Issues, and the Evolution of International Law: A Perspective on Amitai Etzioni's The Active Societyp. 261
"Lighting Damp Logs": Social Movements, Liberal Democracy, and the Politics of Transformationp. 285
From the Active Society to the Good Society: The Second Sailing of Amitai Etzionip. 311
The Active Society Revisited: A Responsep. 333
Contributorsp. 349
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