{"product_id":"tradition-and-revolt-9780765804860","title":"Tradition and Revolt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis classic volume deals with a crucial contemporary social issue: the conflict between traditionalism and modernism. Nisbet considers such subjects as power  community  culture  and the university. He deals directly with the values of authority  tradition  hierarchy  and community on the one hand  and individualism  secularism  and revolt on the other. Nisbets underlying argument is that there is a close historical relationship between the distribution of power in democratic society and the displacement of social class  kinship  neighborhood  and the church. The book challenges concerned Americans to understand and address the basic conflicts confronting contemporary society.  In his introduction  Robert G. Perrin shows how the chapters in this volume reflect Nisbets sociological vision exemplified throughout his career. Perrin notes that when these writings first appeared  they stimulated and informed debate on a broad range of topics such as value conflict  leadership  community  sociology  social class  technology  and the university. They also foreshadowed works yet to come in Nisbets long and distinguished intellectual journey.  Originally published in 1968  Tradition and Revolt was greeted with thoughtful reviews in leading sociology journals. Writing in the American Journal of Sociology  Joseph R. Gusfield called it \"so welcome a publication \" one containing \"remarkable contributions to the analysis of modern society.\" Nisbets vision of Western social life as shaped by the struggle between the dialectically opposed values of tradition and modernity illuminates contemporary issues. Tradition and Revolt will be of particular value to sociologists  cultural historians  and political theorists.  Robert A. Nisbet (1913-1996) was Albert Schweitzer Professor Emeritus of the Humanities at Columbia University  and before that  dean of the School of Humanities at the University of California at Riverside. Among his many books are History of the Idea of Progress  The Sociological Tradition  The Degradation of the Academic Dogma  and Teachers and Scholars  all available from Transaction.  Robert G. Perrin is professor of sociology and director of graduate studies at the University of Tennessee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648054288437,"sku":"ByrdShop_0765804867","price":57.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780765804860.jpg?v=1781708141","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tradition-and-revolt-9780765804860","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}