Acknowledgements
- Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies
- Nietzsche, Marx, and Hobbes and Their Impact on Tönnies’ Intellectual Development
- Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft
- Die Sitte and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie
- War, Public Opinion, and Sociological Studies
- Tönnies’ Later Sociology
7. Tönnies Reintroduced or Tönnies "Re-discovered?"
Biography
Christopher Adair-Toteff is Fellow at the Center for Social and Political Thought, University of South Florida, USA. A philosopher, sociologist, and social theorist, he has published widely in the field of classical sociology. He is the author of Raymond Aron’s Philosophy of Political Responsibility, Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion, Fundamental Concepts in Max Weber’s Sociology of Religion, and Sociological Beginnings. He is the editor of The Anthem Companion to Ernst Troeltsch and The Anthem Companion to Ferdinand Tönnies, and the co-editor of The Calling of Social Thought: Rediscovering the Work of Edward Shils and The Anthem Companion to Raymond Aron.
‘Reintroducing Ferdinand Tönnies is a most welcome and timely volume. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the thought of Ferdinand Tönnies, the emergence of the social sciences, intellectual history, and social theory. It is an ideal text to include in courses in sociological theory and classical sociological thought, given its accessibility, clear layout, and map to the bounteous works of a great leading light … This book serves as a stark reminder that Ferdinand Tönnies – a man whose ideas were key touchstones for Émile Durkheim and Max Weber – is hailed as one of sociology’s founding fathers for very good reason … Most importantly, it adeptly reintroduces us to Ferdinand Tönnies, an eminent scholar worthy of our continued attention.’ - Eric Malczewski, Center for Public Administration and Policy, Virginia Tech, USA
