visions of a new society in modern American thought /
First Statement of Responsibility
Howard Brick.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Ithaca :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cornell University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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x, 324 pages ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-312) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : to name a new society in the making -- Capitalism and its future on the eve of World War I -- The American theory of organized capitalism -- The interwar critique of competitive individualism -- Talcott Parsons and the evanescence of capitalism -- The displacement of economy in an age of plenty -- The heyday of dynamic sociology -- The great reversal -- Conclusion : on transitional developments beyond capitalism.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Transcending Capitalism: Visions of a New Society in Modern American Thought explains why many influential midcentury American social theorists came to believe it was no longer meaningful to describe modern Western society as "capitalist," but instead preferred alternative terms such as "postcapitalist," "postindustrial," or "technological." Considering the discussion today of capitalism and its global triumph, it is important to understand why a prior generation of social theorists imagined the future of advanced societies not in a fixed capitalist form but in some course of development leading beyond capitalism."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Capitalism-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Economics-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Social change-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Sociology-- United States-- History-- 20th century.
Capitalisme-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Changement social-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Économie politique-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Sociologie-- États-Unis-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Capitalism.
Economic history.
Economics.
Kapitalisme.
Kapitalismus
Social change.
Social conditions
Sociology.
Sozialer Wandel
Soziologie
Wirtschaft
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Economic conditions, 20th century.
United States, Social conditions, 20th century.
États-Unis, Conditions économiques, 20e siècle.