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In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in the political philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. He argues that Hobbes's ideas arose not from tradition or science but from his own deep knowledge and experience of human nature. Tracing the development of Hobbes's moral doctrine from his early writings to his major work The Leviathan, Strauss explains contradictions in the body of Hobbes's work and discovers startling connections between Hobbes and the thought of Plato, Thucydides, Aristotle, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hegel.

Who are the people comprising the Communist movement in Eastern Europe? What is their motivation in joining the party? In a comparative analysis of the eight East European Communist parties-Polish, Czech, Magyar, Romanian, Bulgarian, Yugoslav, Greek, and Albanian-R. V. Burks offers precise knowledge about Communism's adherents. The author conducted interviews with repentant Communists held in Greek prisons, with exiled members of the anti-Communist opposition, and with active members of the party; he also made a critical analysis of election returns and of original sources in a dozen languages. The-result is a wealth of specific information on the participants' age, sex, education, professional training, social class, and ethnic origin. Basing his comparisons and conclusions on this data, Mr. Burks is able to point to some interesting discoveries: social class (at least as Marxism conceives of it) is hardly a factor in drawing these people to Communism, and the industrial worker is not the backbone of the movement. Instead, the effects of cross-cultural education, shifting world prices, and what might he called ethnic politics have directed these people to Communism. Mr. Burks has provided a close analysis of the anatomy of Communism in a crucial part of the world.Originally published in 1961.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Inhaltsübersicht -- I -- Die gegenwärtige Lage der Soziologie und ihre Aufgaben -- Die Bedeutung der systematischen Soziologie für die Sozialwissenschaften -- Die Beziehungslehre als sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsmethode -- Influences of Organizational Research upon the Development of Sociology -- Über dynamische Analyse sozialer Umschichtungen -- General Features of Sacred and Secular Societies -- Neuere Tendenzen sozialanthropologischer Feldforschung -- Die Idee einer zusammenfassenden Anthropologie -- II -- Die moderne Methodologie der Nationalökonomie -- Zur Entstehungsgeschichte der Betriebssoziologie -- Mistakes, a Problem in the Sociology of Work -- Vom Beruf der Finanzsoziologie -- Zur Soziologie des Versicherungswesens -- Soziologische Gedanken über den Arzt -- III -- Soziologische Probleme der internationalen Ordnung -- Die Soziometrie und ihre Anwendbarkeit auf die praktische Politik der Gegenwart -- Politische Soziologie -- Principles of Political Ecology -- Dringlichkeitsstufen beim Wiederaufbau eines echten Rechts — Rechtssoziologische Gedanken -- IV -- Ideologie und Wertgebung -- Kulturkritik und Gesellschaft -- Das Wesen des Films — Ein soziologischer Versuch -- The Present and the Future of Sociology of Knowledge -- V -- Orientations Présentes de la Sociologie Religieuse -- Die nichtchristlichen Kulturreligionen in der amerikanischen Soziologie -- Amitology as an Applied Science of Amity and Unselfish Love -- VI -- Die gegenwärtigen Problemlagen der Familiensoziologie -- Pädagogische Soziologie -- Der Standort der industriellen Volkskunde -- Urbanism as a Way of Life -- Erkenntniskritische Bemerkungen in pragmatischer Absicht zu Fragen der Gesellschaftsforschung -- VII -- Leopold von Wiese -- Verzeichnis der Mitarbeiter -- Soziogramm zu Soziometrische Geographie einer Gemeinschaft.