The Quest for Community

by Nisbet, Robert; Douthat, Ross

• ISBN13: 9781935191506
• ISBN10: 1935191500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-05
• Publisher: ISI BOOKS

Summary

The Quest for Community, published in 1953, stands as one of the most persuasive accounts of the dilemmas confronting modern society.

Author Biography

Robert Nisbet (1913–1996) was a professor at Columbia University and the author of The Sociological Tradition, The Social Bond, The Present Age, and other books.

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Background Edition	p. vii
Preface to the First Edition	p. xvii
Preface to the 1970 edition	p. xxi
Community and the Problem of Order
The Loss of Community	p. 1
The Image of Community	p. 19
The Problem of Community	p. 39
The State and Community
History as the Decline of Community	p. 69
The State as Revolution	p. 91
Sovereignty and Association	p. 113
The Political Community	p. 141
The Total Community	p. 173
Community and the Problem of Freedom
The Problem of Liberalism	p. 195
The Contexts of Individuality	p. 207
The Contexts of Democracy	p. 229
Conclusion	p. 259
Critical Essays
The State and Fading Community	p. 263
Modernity's New World Dangers	p. 273
The Enduring Achievement and Unfinished Work of Robert Nisbet	p. 289
References and Notes	p. 305
Index	p. 321
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