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