Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies

Christopher Adair-Toteff

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780367468149
• eBook ISBN: 9781000870244
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

Exploring, clarifying, and moving beyond the distinction between 'community' and 'society' for which he is best known, this book rediscovers the work of Ferdinand Tönnies, providing fresh insights into his thought, which are often overlooked for want of a grasp of his background in philosophy. With attention to the fact that Tönnies always wrote from a sociological perspective, it considers the importance of the breadth of his writing on a range of subjects, including politics, philosophy, economics, and ethics, these being the foundations of social policy - a field with which Tönnies was concerned as a scholar who sought not only to understand the world but also to change it for the better. The first book to provide an accessible overview of Tönnies' work that places his thought in context, explores his key concepts, and demonstrates his continuing relevance in sociology - a discipline he helped to establish - Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies will appeal to scholars and students with interests in social theory, the history of sociology, and the sociology of Ferdinand Tönnies.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Serie Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• 1 Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies
• 2 Nietzsche, Marx, and Hobbes and Their Impact on Tönnies’ Intellectual Development
• 3 Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft
• 4 Die Sitte and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
• 5 War, Public Opinion, and Sociological Studies
• 6 Tönnies’ Later Sociology
• 7 Tönnies Reintroduced or Tönnies “Re-Discovered?”
• Index