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FERDINAND TOENNIES HAS BEEN REPRESENTED AS THE BETE NOIR OF THE BAD ASPECTS OF CLASSICAL GERMAN SOCIOLOGY. RECENT STUDIES DISPROVE THIS AND SHOW TOENNIES' COMMITMENT TO SCIENCE, RATIONALISM AND SOCIAL REFORM, AND HIS LATER OPPOSITION TO NATIONAL SOCIALISM. THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT NEITHER OF THESE VIEWPOINTS IS THOROUGH IN COVERING TOENNIES' POLITICAL THOUGHT. THE AUTHOR SETS OUT TO PROVE, USING KANT'S WORK AS A BASE, THAT TOENNIES BELIEVED IN FREEDOM AND THE LIBERAL CONCEPT OF COMMUNITY.