Cosmopolitan sociology and the classical canon: Ferdinand Tönnies and the emergence of global Gesellschaft.
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Summary
It is argued that certain classical sociologists were attuned to the emerging cosmopolitical conditions of their own time, were not wholly wedded to nation-state-based conceptualizations, and thus can function as both groundings of, and inspirations for, cosmopolitan sociological endeavours.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2009-12-01
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 20
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Keywords
Sociology, Sociological theory, Epistemology, State (computer science), Cosmopolitanism
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