In: Brill eBook titles 2011
Preliminary Material /J. Braun -- Introduction /J. Braun -- Chapter 1. Values From A Pragmatic Perspective /J. Braun -- Chapter 2. Alienation: The Short Version /J. Braun -- Chapter 3. Prospects For Democracy: Individualism/Collectivism As Sources Of Association/Community /J. Braun -- Chapter 4. Character And Civil Society /J. Braun -- Chapter 5. Ethics For An Impersonal Age /J. Braun -- Chapter 6. The Place Of Optimism In American Life /J. Braun -- Chapter 7. The Rationality Of Psychological Fulfillment In Adolescents' Lives: The Production Of Personal Relationships And Self-Identity /J. Braun -- Chapter 8. Nihilism: East And West /J. Braun -- Chapter 9. Making Friends In The Non-Western World /J. Braun -- Chapter 10. Aspects Of Hysteria In America, Brazil, Germany, And Africa /J. Braun -- Chapter 11. Figurehead Politicians And Democracy /J. Braun -- Chapter 12. Social Engineering And Public Relations Stunts /J. Braun -- Chapter 13. Liberalism At The Crossroads /J. Braun -- Chapter 14. What Does The Working Class Really Want? /J. Braun -- Chapter 15. Foolish Ritualism And Democracy /J. Braun -- Chapter 16. The Place Of Law In A Democracy /J. Braun -- Chapter 17. The "Star" System In America /J. Braun -- Chapter 18. What Is Happiness? The Loss Of Human Nature In Psychiatry /J. Braun -- Chapter 19. The Lowering Of Professional Standards In America /J. Braun -- Chapter 20. Liberal And Authoritarian Versions Of Democracy /J. Braun -- Chapter 21. Culture And Civil Society /J. Braun -- Chapter 22. Democracy And Civil Society /J. Braun -- Chapter 23. The Ecological Society /J. Braun -- Chapter 24. Plutocracy And The Labor Movement /J. Braun -- Chapter 25. Industrial Democracy For The 21st Century /J. Braun -- Chapter 26. The Great Weakness Of American Government /J. Braun -- Chapter 27. Modern And Postmodern Views Of Democracy /J. Braun -- Chapter 28. Nation-Building And Social Solidarity /J. Braun -- Chapter 29. Reason And Morality In Community: Some Conclusions /J. Braun -- Bibliography /J. Braun -- Index /J. Braun.
In: Studies in Critical Social Sciences Ser. v.26
These essays are a distillation of Jerome Braun's work in interdisciplinary social science, and especially sociology. Thus they exemplify pragmatic critical theory by dealing with culture and personality, cohesiveness and nihilism in modern societies, and the relation between community and democracy.
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