9780631157731 - Individualism and Public Life: A Modern Dilemma von Ketcham, Ralph (14 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 241 pages, hardback, a fine copy in a fine dust-jacket [0631157735].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 234 pages, a very good plus hardback, contemporary quarter vellum binding with gilt lettering against a morocco label to the spine, and finished off with blue cloth boards. Top page edges are gold gilt, and designed end papers (marbled) with the front end paper having former owner's name.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xiii, 241 pages ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-228) and index. Contents: Paradoxes, 1945-85 -- Of Allied victory and the American century -- Of suburbia and the American way of life -- Of education -- Of affluence -- Of pluralistic politics -- Of world power -- Of therapy and humanistic psychology -- Of America as a civilization -- Individualism in Western culture -- Greek social individualism -- Judeo-Christian autonomous individualism -- A tension in citizenship -- The Renaissance, the Reformation, and puritanism -- The commercial spirit -- Science and empiricism -- Romanticism and Darwin -- John Stuart Mill and nineteenth-century liberalism -- Ambiguous legacy for twentieth-century America -- East Asian counterpoint: the shadow of Confucius -- The divergence of West and East -- A morality of relationship -- Eastern and Western ideas of self -- Eastern and Western ideas of the state -- The Japanese encounter with the West -- Society and psyche in modern Japan -- The public, the private, and democracy in East and West -- Public responsibility, order, and law in East Asia -- A different democracy in Japan -- Individualism and the public interest in the 1980s -- Individualism re-reconsidered -- Education for citizenship? -- Public-spirited and laissez-faire utopianism -- A jeffersonian model of citizenship -- Individualism, pluralism, and the leader as broker -- Leadership and ideal right -- Conflict of interest politics -- Decision-making and human nature -- The whole: more than the sum of the parts? -- Deciding on a law of the sea -- A politics of the public interest. Subjects: 1945-1989. Individualism.Self-interest. Individualism United States. individualizmusegyén és társadalomIntérêt personnel.Individualism. Politics and government. Self-interest.Social role United States.Social role United States.Individualism United StatesIndividualism. Self-interest.United States Politics and government 1945-1989.États-Unis Politique et gouvernement 1945-1989.United States. USAUnited States Politics and government 1945-1989.United States Politics and government 1945-United States Politics and government 1945-1953.United States Private life & public life Sociological perspectives. United States Private life & public life 3 Kg.

Zustand: Good. Dust jacket has light scratches/marks and outer edges have minor scuffs. Previous owners signature inside cover. Book content is in very good readable condition.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Zustand: New. pp. 258.

Zustand: New. In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570. . 1991. 1st Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 9.00x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham s Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the ca.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today.