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The Quest for Community

Paperback • 2010 • English

The Quest for Community

By Robert Nisbet

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One of the leading thinkers to emerge in the postwar conservative intellectual revival was the sociologist Robert Nisbet. His book The Quest for Community, published in 1953, stands as one of the most persuasive accounts of the dilemmas confronting modern society. Nearly a half century before Robert Putnam documented the atomization of society in Bowling Alone, Nisbet argued that the rise of the powerful modern state had eroded the sources of community--the family, the neighborhood, the church,...Show more

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9781935191506

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ISI Books

Published year

2010

Language

English

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The Quest for Community

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Paperback

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