Lewis A. Coser

Provides an analysis of the evolution of the western intellectual class since the seventeenth century

Men of Ideas

Greedy Institutions; Patterns of Undivided Commitment

This selection of essays by one of the most eminent sociologists of our time represents a selection of his analytical and moral or political writing over a lifetime of work. The book is organized thematically rather than chronologièally, and is divided into four parts: paè¨ers on the uses of sociology, on ideas and ideologies, on sociological analysis, and a final section entitled professing sociology. While the collection demonè²trates maturation, the author's central preoccupations have remained constant over the years. A reflective autoèiographical introduction places the auè² hors choice of problems and the development of his ideas in the social and cultural context of his life and his work. He confesses to .having experiènced, in his life and his work, being a "stranger within the gate," and believes that this sense of marginality has both informed and influenced his thinking. And he sees the social conflicts that shook the world during his young adulthood as having creative as well as destructive consequences.

Collected Papers in Moral Conviction

A Handful of Thistles

Walter W. Powell

Charles Kadushin

Provides an account of the book publishing industry and its influence on modern society, discussing types of publishing, editorial decisions, economic considerations, and more

The Culture and Commerce of Publishing

Books

Conflict and group boundaries; Hostility and tensions in conflict relationship; In-group conflict and group sctructure; Conflict with out-group and group sctructure; Ideology and conflict; Conflict calls forallies.

Lewis A. Coser

Books

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