Description: Edward Shils was one of the giants of sociological theory in the period after World War II
Brief description:
Steven Grosby is professor of philosophy and religion at Clemson University. He is author of Nationalism--A Very Short Introduction and Biblical Ideas of Nationality: Ancient and Modern, and edited, with Athena Leoussi, the four-volume Nationality and Nationalism.
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"Fragment represents a significant theoretical contribution to the sociological literature regarding central issues of moral and social integration. It also includes incisive commentaries on the utility of the work of various scholars (Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, Georg Simmel, Karl Mannheim, Georges Sorel), theories (Marxism, psychoanalysis, exchange theory) and work . . . [and] provides a fascinating account of autobiographical details . . . [I]ndispensable for those interested in the development and nature of the discipline of sociology and in the field of social thought in general."
--Joseph A. Varacalli, The Catholic Social Science Review