In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis, the authors develop their analysis of the social and cultural underpinnings of modern capitalism. They confront a central assumption of western culture: namely, that the individual is sovereign, and that capitalism above all other economic forms depends on individualism. These ideas have an unbroken history from Alexis de Tocqueville to Milton Friedman. The paradox of the modern world is that the moral emphasis on the individual is contradicted by the actual organization of economy and society. The authors suggest that individualism and capitalism have no enduring or necessary relationship. Their linkage is entirely accidental and was confined to one particular historical period in the West. Against the background of what they term the Discovery of the Individual, the authors show how individualism gave capitalism a particular shape, and capitalism in turn highlighted the possessive features of the individual. Oriental capitalism and late capitalism in the West bear no particular relationship to individualism; indeed, they flourish best in the absence of individualistic culture. Collectivism increasingly dominates both economic and social life.  These issues once informed the sociological enterprise, but have not been systematically addressed in recent times. This book revives the classical tradition of the historical and comparative analysis of culture and economy in capitalist society, in the context of the late twentieth-century world.

Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism

Stephen Hill

Nicholas Abercrombie

Bryan S. Turner

Business & Money

Allen& Unwin

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Dominant Ideologies

The papers collected in this volume are intended to advance the analysis of ideology in a comparative and historical perspective. It covers a range of different capitalist societies, including familiar cases and others which are discussed less often.

Routledge

Written by three eminent professors, it has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students and teachers of sociology and other related courses - and also the general reader.

The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (Penguin Dictionary)

PRENTICE/HALL

<p>Written by three eminent professors, it has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students and teachers of sociology and other related courses - and also the general reader.</p>

Penguin??Books

Contemporary British Society: A New Introduction To Sociology

Alan Warde

Polity

Sociology

wiley

Atarashii Seiki No Shakaigaku Chūjiten

Tetsuo Maruyama

KyoÌ„to : Mineruvua ShoboÌ„, 2005

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