Behemoth

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"Behemoth is truly a major achievement, comparable in scope and intellectual
depth to Raymond Aron's history of sociological doctrines. His thoughtful
exploration into founders and current figures of political sociology belongs
to the best social science has offered in recent decades."—Vladimir
Tismaneanu, professor of government and politics, University of Maryland
"Behemoth is a remarkable undertaking; an ambitious and profound
exploration of major currents of Western social-political thought and their
relationship to one another. Horowitz succeeds in shedding new light on
both the relationship between state and society in its historical and
contemporary aspects and on the relevant ideas of virtually all major figures
in Western social-political theory. It is a volume thfat demonstrates the
compatibility of true scholarship; the enduring traditions of Western ideas
and current social-political concerns."—Paul Hollander, professor of sociology,
University of... Tovább

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"Behemoth is truly a major achievement, comparable in scope and intellectual
depth to Raymond Aron's history of sociological doctrines. His thoughtful
exploration into founders and current figures of political sociology belongs
to the best social science has offered in recent decades."—Vladimir
Tismaneanu, professor of government and politics, University of Maryland
"Behemoth is a remarkable undertaking; an ambitious and profound
exploration of major currents of Western social-political thought and their
relationship to one another. Horowitz succeeds in shedding new light on
both the relationship between state and society in its historical and
contemporary aspects and on the relevant ideas of virtually all major figures
in Western social-political theory. It is a volume thfat demonstrates the
compatibility of true scholarship; the enduring traditions of Western ideas
and current social-political concerns."—Paul Hollander, professor of sociology,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"Horowitz's aim is to delineate the canon of political sociology, the heart of
which is the theory of the relationship between the twin and swelling
behemoths: state and society, and he succeeds brilliantly. Horowitz achieves
much more. Building on his Foundations of Political Sociology he guides the
reader through an extraordinarily elegant critical analysis of main currents
of social thought, proceeding from the late Renaissance through the
Enlightenment to our own time. Social scientists and their students will
find in Behemoth nothing less than a crucial aspect of the liberal arts
education that so many of us have unfortunately missed."—Joseph Lopreato,
professor of sociology, University of Texas
"Behemoth is an impressively ambitious work, testimony to a formidable
scholar with universal interests. The hub of the book is exactly where it
needs to be today: an investigation into the dual nature of the state We
are in danger of forgetting that the state can and should be an agency for
civilized order. Behemoth seeks to advance a more balanced perspective on
these matters and in doing so sets an example and a tone I wish more
scholars would emulate."—Peter Baehr, associate professor of sociology,
Memorial University of Newfoundland
"Irving Louis Horowitz's latest book Behemoth is well up to his usual very
high standards. Behemoth is scholarly, original, elegantly and vigorously
written, and timely. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, political ideas
and social analysis are in disarray. Horowitz re-focuses political sociology
sharply on the core isspes—freedom, equality, and enterprise."—David
Marsland, professor of social science, Brunei University
"Behemoth is arguably Irving Louis Horowitz's masterpiece. He provides
nothing less than a conceptual map for understanding the complex ties that
bind state and society in the modern world. The intellectual portraits of the
great political and social theorists limned here are illuminating through and
through, models of how to confront the serious thought of the past and
present in order to understand enduring realities. Horowitz has produced a
classic of sociological and philosophical reflection; one that combines wisdom
and moderation in a manner inspired by its heroes, Montesquieu, Tocqueville
and Weber."—Daniel J. Mahoney, associate professor of political science,
Assumption College Vissza