In Search of Community
Essays in Memory of Werner Stark, 1905-85
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1993
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780823213528
- Publish Date
- Jan 1993
- List Price
- $71.99
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In Search of Community is a collection of thirteen essays by former students of Dr. Werner Stark, influential historian of social thought. The work opens with an introduction succinctly relating an outline of Stark's life's work encompassing the historical framework that influences him, and the personal events that shape his outlook and scholarship. The essayists address the entire range of central subjects of the sociological discipline by focusing on four areas of scientific debate: the epistemic (Sociology of Knowledge), the theoretical (Social Thought), the societal (Social Bond), and the religious (Sociology of Religion). Those four areas were also of substantive concern to Werner Stark and his extraordinary range and depth of knowledge is reflected in this collection of essays.
About the authors
Eileen B. Leonard is Professor of Sociology at Vassar College.
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Hermann Strasser is Professor of Sociology at Universitat Duisburg, Germany.