Reflections on America: Tocqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United States

by Offe, Claus

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Full title :Reflections on America : Tocqueville, Weber and Adorno in the United States / Claus Offe ; translated by Patrick Camiller.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2005.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Polity
Place of Publication:Cambridge, UK
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2005.

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Traduction de : Selbstbetrachtung aus der Ferne.

The Physical Object

Description:115 pages : : carte ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780745635064, 0745635067, 0745635059, 9780745635057
oclc:ocn311053309
LC Classification:JC229
Dewey Decimal:306.20973

1. Introduction -- 2. Alexis de Tocqueville or the tyranny of the middle class -- 3. Max Weber : American escape routes from the iron cage? -- 4. Theodor W. Aborno : 'culture industry' and other views of the 'American century' -- 5. The United States in the twenty-first century : traditions of religious socialization and struggle against 'evil'

Subjects

Adorno, Theodor W. Adorno, Theodor Wiesengrund Culture politique -- États-Unis Culture politique -- Europe democracy Democracy -- United States Démocratie -- États-Unis Economic history États-Unis -- Conditions économiques États-Unis -- Conditions sociales États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement Europe Political culture Political culture -- Europe Political culture -- United States Politics and government Social conditions Tocqueville, Alexis de United States United States -- Economic conditions