Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-262) and index.
Contents
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Norbert Elias; 2 Franz Borkenau; 3 Eric Voegelin; 4 Lewis Mumford; 5 The Protestant spirit (Weber); 6 Court society (Elias); 7 The mechanical world image (Borkenau); 8 The gnostic revolt (Voegelin); 9 The new megamachine (Mumford); 10 Disciplinary society (Foucault); Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Summary
This book reconstructs and brings together the work of a number of social and political theorists in order to gain new insight on the emergence and character of modern Western society.