The Winding Passage : Essays and Sociological Journeys, 1960-1980
by Daniel Bell
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This collection brings together Daniel Bell's best work in essay form. It deals with a variety of topics: technology and culture, religion and personal identity, intellectuals and their societies, and the uses and abuses of doctrines of social class. The Winding Passage demonstrates the author's continuing concern with the salient issues of our times, while its inspiration draws upon an older, humanistic sociological tradition.Tags
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Daniel Bell is professor emeritus of sociology at Harvard University and director of the Suntory Foundation. He has received numerous awards, including the Tocqueville Award, the Talcott Parsons Prize for the Social Sciences, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Sociological Association. David B. Truman was dean and provost/vice show more president of Columbia College. He is the author of The Governmental Process: Political Interests and Public Opinion and The American Assembly, the Congress and America's Future. show less
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