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Ferdinand Tönnies'Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (first published in 1887) is a classic of social and political theory, which explores the clash between small-scale neighbourhood-based'communities'and large-scale competitive market'societies'. Tönnies considers all aspects of life - political, economic, legal and family; art, religion and culture; the construction of'selfhood'and'personhood'; and modes of cognition, language and understanding. Often recognised as one of the founding texts of sociology, Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft is also a highly significant contribution to European political thought and philosophy, with particular relevance to the legacies of Hobbes and Kant. It is at once a response to modernity, a theoretical exercise in social, political and moral science, and an unusual commentary on the inner character of'democratic socialism'. This new English rendition will introduce Tönnies'work to a fresh generation of English-speaking readers with interests in social and political theory and the history of European ideas. |