The Quest for Community
by Nisbet, Robert; Douthat, RossFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-07-05
Publisher(s): ISI BOOKS
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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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