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The Natural Law Foundations of Modern Social Theory : a Quest for Universalism

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press [2013], 2013

1 Online-Ressource (258 p)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references

Erscheint auch als: Chernilo, Daniel : Natural Law Foundations of Modern Social Theory : A Quest for Universalism. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2013 (Druck-Ausgabe)

0-511-84251-1 (electronic bk.); 1-139-62504-7 (electronic bk.); 978-1-139-62504-3 (electronic bk.); 978-0-511-84251-1 (electronic bk.)

1-283-94317-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-139-62504-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-511-84251-1 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-107-00980-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 1-139-61574-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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K460 .C55 2013

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bisacsh: SOC 019000 ; bisacsh: SOC 019000

LOC-SH: Electronic books ; Natural law -- Social aspects ; Sociological jurisprudence -- Philosophy

SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Methodology ; Sociological jurisprudence ; Philosophy ; Naturrecht ; Soziologische Theorie

Acknowledgements; Introduction; Universalism; The decline of the normative in contemporary social theory; Plan of the book; Ten theses on the relationships between natural law and modern social theory; Part I On the relationships between social theory and natural law; 1 Contemporary social theory and natural law: Jürgen Habermas; Modernity and natural law; Sociology, modernity and the problem of the normative; Universalism and the postmetaphysical; Closing remarks; 2 A natural law critique of modern social theory: Karl Löwith, Leo Strauss and Eric Voegelin

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Part III Classical social theory6 Classical social theory I: Marx, Tönnies and Durkheim on alienation, community and society; Marx; Tönnies; Durkheim; Closing remarks; 7 Classical social theory II: Simmel and Weber on the universality of sociability and reasonableness; Simmel; Weber; Closing remarks; 8 Social theory as the natural law of 'artificial' social relations; Social theory as a modern intellectual genre; A claim to universalism; The centrality of modernity; The natural law of an artificial realm: social relations; Epilogue; Note on the original versions; References; Index