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Author:   Amitai Etzioni
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780691114576

ISBN 10:   0691114579
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   26 January 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Language:   English

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Insightful... Etzioni is always thoughtful and deliberate. -- Publishers Weekly Etzioni's liberal communitarianism addresses a serious problem, namely how to arrest the atomisation of modern societies and improve the quality not only of citizenship but of life in general. --Bhikhu Parekh, Times Higher Education Supplement Written in an uncomplicated style, The Monochrome Society is a significant contribution. --Sean Donlon, Sunday Independent (Dublin) A series of absorbing and significant reflections on how virtue-sustaining communities may be possible under modern conditions that, at first glance, seem stacked against them ... A robust defense of communitarianism... --Jonathan Marks, The Responsive Community A readable collection of essays ... Sometimes diffuse, more often enlightening: essays that make good individual points and together form a social philosophy worth considering. -- Kirkus Reviews Even readers unsympathetic with communitarian ideas will find these well-thought-out and well-written essays thought provoking. -- Library Journal

Insightful... Etzioni is always thoughtful and deliberate. Publishers Weekly Etzioni's liberal communitarianism addresses a serious problem, namely how to arrest the atomisation of modern societies and improve the quality not only of citizenship but of life in general. -- Bhikhu Parekh Times Higher Education Supplement Written in an uncomplicated style, The Monochrome Society is a significant contribution. -- Sean Donlon Sunday Independent A readable collection of essays ... Sometimes diffuse, more often enlightening: essays that make good individual points and together form a social philosophy worth considering. Kirkus Reviews A series of absorbing and significant reflections on how virtue-sustaining communities may be possible under modern conditions that, at first glance, seem stacked against them ... A robust defense of communitarianism... -- Jonathan Marks The Responsive Community Even readers unsympathetic with communitarian ideas will find these well-thought-out and well-written essays thought provoking. Library Journal

Author Information

"Amitai Etzioni is University Professor at The George Washington University. A past President of the American Sociological Association, he is the author of nineteen books, including ""The Moral Dimension"" (The Free Press), ""The Limits of Privacy"" (Basic Books), and ""The New Golden Rule"" (Basic Books), which won the Simon Wiesenthal Center's 1997 Tolerance Book Award. He was recently awarded the Sociological Practice Association's Outstanding Contribution Award and the Seventh James Wilbur Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Appreciation and Advancement of Human Values."

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