Freedom and Domination : : A Historical Critique of Civilization / / Salvator Attanasio, Dankwart A. Rustow.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Rustow, Dankwart A.,; Attanasio, Salvator,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 579
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (748 p.)

Presented here is a condensed translation of Alexander Rustow's three-volume Ortsbestimmung der Gegenwart. This monumental work was widely acclaimed by critics throughout Europe as a major contribution to both historical and sociological scholarship. Recognized as one of the foremost exponents of neoliberal thought, and thus as one of the intellectual authors of West Germany's economic miracle," Rustow--in his magnum opus--tried to determine what social patterns and trends of thought enhance the human condition and what other patterns and trends lead to repression and barbarism.Originally published in 1981.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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to the English Edition -- Alexander Rüstow (1885-1963): A Biographical Sketch -- Author's Foreword (1949) -- Introduction -- Part One. The Origins of Domination -- Chapter I. The Rise of High Cultures -- Chapter 2. Structural Elements of High Cultures as Conditioned by Superstratification and Feudalism -- Chapter 3. Transfeudal Motive Forces of High Cultures -- Part Two. The Path of Freedom -- Chapter 1. Freedom versus Unfreedom -- Part Three. Domination Versus Freedom -- Introduction: Separation of Understanding and Feeling -- Chapter 1. Rationalist Tendencies -- Chapter 2. Irrationalist Countertendencies -- Chapter 3. Conclusions -- Notes -- Index