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Persuasions and Prejudices: An Informal Compendium of Modern Social Science, 1953-1988
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Overview
The book covers notable social scientists, from Arendt to Zetterberg, and such major figures in between as Becker, Bell, de Jouvenel, Mills, Parsons, Solzhenitsyn, and more than eighty others who have had an effect on the contemporary social and political landscape. Each is critically examined, sometimes positively, other times negatively. Horowitz was a major figure in his own right, and his writing here displays the kind of refreshing frankness experts will expect and the general reader will appreciate.
The underlying assumption behind the volume, giving its disparate parts a unified characteristic, is that together these observations on others amount to a general perspective on social science held by the author. Whether his larger ambition is accepted or disputed, there is no doubt that the volume provides a standard against which to measure the literary quality of writing in the world of professional social research.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781412862899 |
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Publisher: | Transaction Publishers |
Publication date: | 06/30/2016 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 578 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
About the Author
Irving Louis Horowitz (1929-2012) was Hannah Arendt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Rutgers University. He was the founder and served as chairman of the board and editorial director of Transaction Publishers.