In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis, the authors develop their analysis of the social and cultural underpinnings of modern capitalism. They confront a central assumption of western culture: namely, that the individual is sovereign, and that capitalism above all other economic forms depends on individualism. These ideas have an unbroken history from Alexis de Tocqueville to Milton Friedman. The paradox of the modern world is that the moral emphasis on the individual is contradicted by the actual organization of economy and society. The authors suggest that individualism and capitalism have no enduring or necessary relationship. Their linkage is entirely accidental and was confined to one particular historical period in the West. Against the background of what they term the Discovery of the Individual, the authors show how individualism gave capitalism a particular shape, and capitalism in turn highlighted the possessive features of the individual. Oriental capitalism and late capitalism in the West bear no particular relationship to individualism; indeed, they flourish best in the absence of individualistic culture. Collectivism increasingly dominates both economic and social life.  These issues once informed the sociological enterprise, but have not been systematically addressed in recent times. This book revives the classical tradition of the historical and comparative analysis of culture and economy in capitalist society, in the context of the late twentieth-century world.

Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism

Stephen Hill

Nicholas Abercrombie

Bryan S. Turner

Business & Money

Allen& Unwin

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

<p>Written by three eminent professors, it has been updated to reflect the shifts of sociological thought in the last five years, making it the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date dictionary available. It is essential reading for all students and teachers of sociology and other related courses - and also the general reader.</p>

The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology (Penguin Dictionary)

Penguin??Books

"The central problem facing modern business is the impossibility of abolishing the conditions which create conflicts in the workplace without destroying the present form of the economy." This is the author's controversial conclusion to a wide-ranging study that draws on historical and comparative studies of labor and managerial organization, modern theoretical and empirical accounts of class structure and the role of the state in the economy, the economic literature dealing with trade unions, labor markets, and certain aspects of economic theory. Taking the underlying competition of interests between worker and employer as his starting point, Hill documents the evolution of new forms of managerial organization designed to enhance and legitimate the employer's control over the worker. A central theme is the precarious nature of the industrial peace given the ineradicable opposition of interests which characterizes most modern forms of economic organizations. The major part of the book places discussions of empirical material, particularly new evidence on European industry and comparative material on the United States and Japan, within a coherent theoretical framework. Stephen Hill is a Lecturer in Sociology at the London School of Economics, where he has taught industrial sociology and industrial relations at undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as courses for trade union students and trainee personnel managers. The book inaugurates The MIT Press Series on Organization Studies, edited by John Van Maanen, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Management, Sloan School, MIT.

Competition and control at work: The new industrial sociology

Sociology

MIT Press (MA)

Heinemann

Competition and Control at Work

Avebury

Skate Hard

Peter Jensen Hill

The Five Mile Press

<p>Missionary evangelist Stephen Hill writes about the ongoing revival at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida in which he has played a pivotal role and which has attracted the attention of people around the world.</p>

The Pursuit of Revival: Igniting a Passionate Hunger for More of God

Charisma House

God's Covanent of Healing

Sound Teaching Ministries

Serious About God

Together in Harvest Ministries, Inc.

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