Reason, Conflict, and Power Modern Political

In Reason, Conflict and Power, Jim Rodgers provides an analytic, general survey of major political and social theorists of the modern era, from 1688 to the present. Major political belief systems are described and explained in a manner that is clearly connected to the chief writers of democratic capitalism, socialism, fascism, nationalism, feminism, and environmentalism, from a historical perspective.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Locke, Smith and the Foundations of Democratic Capitalism	p. 7
Rousseau and Egalitarian Nationalism	p. 21
The Political Conservatives: Burke and Hume	p. 29
Utilitarian Reformers: Bentham and Mill	p. 37
The Rise of Socialism--Revolutionary Marxists and Evolutionary Social Critics	p. 47
Fascism, National Socialism	p. 61
Max Weber and the Rise of the Modern Bureaucratic State	p. 73
Functionalism or the Lack Thereof in Modern Society: Durkheim	p. 81
Modernity and Conflict Theorists	p. 91
Microsocial Perspectives--Viewing Daily Life	p. 103
Cross-cultural Theories for the 21st Century: Feminism, Fundamentalism and Environmentalism	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 125
People and Terms to Know	p. 129
References	p. 131
Index	p. 137
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Reason, Conflict, and Power Modern Political and Social Thought from 1688 to the Present

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