The Consensus-Conflict Debate. Form and Content in Social Theories /
Bernard, Thomas J.
The Consensus-Conflict Debate. Form and Content in Social Theories / Thomas J. Bernard. - 1 online resource (232 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Plato and Aristotle -- Chapter 3. Augustine and Aquinas -- Chapter 4. Machiavelli and Hobbes -- Chapter 5. Locke and Rousseau -- Chapter 6. Comte and Marx -- Chapter 7. Durkheim and Simmel -- Chapter 8. Parsons and Dahrendorf -- Chapter 9. The Relation Between Consensus and Conflict Theories -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Theory, Fact, and Value -- Index
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Addresses the debate of whether society is a smoldering set of tension-filled relations that periodically erupt into conflict or an integrated and coordinated whole typified by consensus on values and beliefs. Examines seven pairs of philosophers who can be classified as "conflict" or "consensus" theorists: Aristotle and Plato, Augustine and Aquinas, Hobbes and Machiavelli, Locke and Rousseau, Comte and Marx, Durkheim and Simmel, and Parsons and Dahrendorf.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231907309 9780231880206
10.7312/bern90730 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory.
The Consensus-Conflict Debate. Form and Content in Social Theories / Thomas J. Bernard. - 1 online resource (232 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Plato and Aristotle -- Chapter 3. Augustine and Aquinas -- Chapter 4. Machiavelli and Hobbes -- Chapter 5. Locke and Rousseau -- Chapter 6. Comte and Marx -- Chapter 7. Durkheim and Simmel -- Chapter 8. Parsons and Dahrendorf -- Chapter 9. The Relation Between Consensus and Conflict Theories -- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Theory, Fact, and Value -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Addresses the debate of whether society is a smoldering set of tension-filled relations that periodically erupt into conflict or an integrated and coordinated whole typified by consensus on values and beliefs. Examines seven pairs of philosophers who can be classified as "conflict" or "consensus" theorists: Aristotle and Plato, Augustine and Aquinas, Hobbes and Machiavelli, Locke and Rousseau, Comte and Marx, Durkheim and Simmel, and Parsons and Dahrendorf.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780231907309 9780231880206
10.7312/bern90730 doi
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory.