Community, A Sociological Study: Being An Attempt To Set Out The Nature And Fundamental Laws Of Social Life (1920) - Couverture rigide

Maciver, Robert Morrison

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ISBN 10 : 1164802399 ISBN 13 : 9781164802396

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

""Community, A Sociological Study"" is a book written by Robert Morrison Maciver in 1920. The book is an attempt to describe the nature and fundamental laws of social life. Maciver explores the concept of community, which he defines as a group of people who share common interests, values, and goals. He examines the various types of communities, including rural, urban, and industrial, and discusses the factors that contribute to their formation and maintenance. Maciver also delves into the role of social institutions, such as family, education, and religion, in shaping and sustaining communities. He argues that these institutions are essential for the development of social norms and values, which in turn promote social cohesion and stability. Throughout the book, Maciver draws on examples from history and contemporary society to illustrate his points. He also engages with the work of other sociologists, such as Emile Durkheim and Max Weber, to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of sociology. Overall, ""Community, A Sociological Study"" is a seminal work in the field of sociology that offers valuable insights into the nature of social life and the importance of community for human flourishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Community, because that term expresses best the object which social science as such endeavours to study. It is in community, the common life, that the interests represented by the specific social sciences are bound together, made integral, and thus amenable to a more comprehensive science. The work which foU ows seeks to be an introduction to this wider science. The vast extension of social knowledge due to research into the life of primitive and barbaric communities, as weU as to recent study of all the great forms of civilised association, political, economic, educational, ecclesiastical, and so forth, increases at once the difficulty and the necessity of the synthetic science of sociology. (C ommunity resembles a country recently discovered or rediscovered and suddenly overrun by explorers. I ts mountains are being measured, its lakes fathomed, its plains surveyed, its fauna and flora investigated ;but there is stiU scarcely any clear comprehensive chart of the whole country, based on the stores of information supplied by so many diligent explorers. Perhaps it is too early yet to expect a satisfactory map of the country, but only through successive attempts can that result be at last attained Detail has therefore been ruthlessly abandoned for the sake of comprehensiveness. It seemed to the author that the most essential features of community are the most often misconstrued.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1164802399
• ISBN 13: 9781164802396
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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