Reflexive Historical Sociology

Taylor & Francis

Part I: Reflexive Historical Sociologists 1. Norbert Elias 2. Franz Borkenau 3. Eric Voegelin 4. Lewis Mumford. Conclusion to Part I: Comparisons and Contrasts Part II: Visions of Modernity 5. The Protestant Spirit (Weber) 6. Court Society (Elias) 7. The Mechanical World Image (Borkenau) 8. Gnostic Revolt (Voegelin) 9. The New Megamachine (Mumford) 10. Disciplinary Society (Foucault). Conclusion to Part II: Modernity as Permanent Liminality. Concluding Remarks.