1st Edition
Tradition and Innovation The Idea of Civilization as Culture and Its Significance
By H.T. Wilson
Copyright 1984
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
272 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1984 Tradition and Innovation by viewing Western civilization as a culture, puts the common perspectives of our major Western institutions in bolder relief. The author shows how the institutionalization of central modes of Western rationality-found in capitalism, industrialization, science, science - based technology, bureaucracy, the rule of law, the social and behavioral... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements 1. Reconnaissance 2. Availability/ Bias 3. Practice/ Theory 4. The Rationality Question 5. Culture: Institutions and Ideologies 6. Summary and Conclusions 7. Reprise Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
Biography
H. T. Wilson
