The history of political and social concepts : a critical introduction / Melvin Richter.
The history of political and social concepts : a critical introduction / Melvin Richter.
The history of political and social concepts : a critical introduction / Melvin Richter.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Date
1995.
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N320.09/16
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vii, 204 p. ; 25 cm.
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1. Charting the History of Political and Social Concepts -- 2. The Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Relating Political and Social Concepts to Structural Change -- 3. The History of the Concept of Herrschaft in the Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe -- 4. The Place of Concepts in the History of Mentalites: Th...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
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New York (State)
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1995.
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Since the 1960s, German scholars have developed distinctive methods for writing the history of political, social, and philosophical concepts. Applied to France as well as Germany, their work has set new standards for the historical study of political and social language, Begriffsgeschichte.
In The History of Political and Social Concepts, Melvin Richter analyzes the theories which have generated conceptual history, and their reinterpretation of key concepts such as Max Weber's three types of legitimate Herrschaft, and that of civilite in France. What is it that we know when we learn the history of a concept? What difference does it ma...
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The history of political and social concepts : a critical introduction / Melvin Richter.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-192) and index.
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0195088263 (acid-free paper)
9780195088267 (acid-free paper)
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32009
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991000867829702626
