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Good Society

Good Society Paperback - 1992

by Steve Tipton; Ann Swidler; Richard Madsen; Robert Bellah; William Sullivan

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At a time when many of our institutions--from the family to government itself--are in disrepair or disrepute, the authors of the bestselling Habits of the Heart examine how those institutions fell from grace and offer concrete proposals for revitalizing them.

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992. Paperback. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Good Society
  • Author Steve Tipton; Ann Swidler; Richard Madsen; Robert Bellah; William Sullivan
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1992
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G0679733590I2N00
  • ISBN 9780679733591 / 0679733590
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.03 x 5.23 x 0.85 in (20.40 x 13.28 x 2.16 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - Civilization - 1970-, United States - Social conditions - 1980-
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 92050103
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.92

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From the jacket flap

THE GOOD SOCIETY examines how many of our institutions- from the family to the government itself- fell from grace, and offers concrete proposals for revitalizing them.

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"THE GOOD SOCIETY is not only thought-provoking but also deeply moving....This book should be widely read, discussed, and argued about in public. It is the beginning of a conversation that must continue and expand."--Utne Reader

Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 07/06/1992, Page 0

About the author

Robert N. Bellah was Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Habits of the Heart, Religion in Human Evolution, and The Good Society. IHe received the US National Humanities Medal in 2000 by President Clinton. He died in 2013, at the age of 86.

Richard Madsen received his MA and PhD in sociology from Harvard University. He was co-director of a Ford Foundation project to advance the cause of academic sociology in China and has written twelve books on Chinese and American culture and relations. He is a distinguished professor of sociology at the University of California, San Diego.

Steven M. Tipton received his BA from Stanford University and his PhD from Harvard. He is a senior fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion and was the director of Emory's Graduate Division of Religion from 1998 to 2003.

William Sullivan holds a BA from Harvard College and a doctorate from the Centre of Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of St. Andrews. He lives in Massachusetts.

Ann Swidler received her BA from Harvard in 1966 and her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975. She was a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 1982 and in 2013 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is most famous for her work in cultural sociology and for her much-cited article "Culture in Action: Symbols and Strategies."

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