Human Nature, Interest, and Power

A Critique of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Social Thought

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
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Author: Tex Sample ISBN: 9781621899440
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers Publication: October 17, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books Language: English
Author: Tex Sample
ISBN: 9781621899440
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Publication: October 17, 2013
Imprint: Cascade Books
Language: English

This book criticizes three basic concepts in Reinhold Niebuhr's social thought: his views of human nature, interest, and power. Attention is directed especially at the way Niebuhr's concepts lack sufficient historicity, obscure social and political dynamics, and, finally, lack adequate descriptive power. An alternative to each of these concepts is offered and used as a way to open up social thought to more complex analysis, more concrete and material uses, and a discussion of implications for alternative direction and action.

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This book criticizes three basic concepts in Reinhold Niebuhr's social thought: his views of human nature, interest, and power. Attention is directed especially at the way Niebuhr's concepts lack sufficient historicity, obscure social and political dynamics, and, finally, lack adequate descriptive power. An alternative to each of these concepts is offered and used as a way to open up social thought to more complex analysis, more concrete and material uses, and a discussion of implications for alternative direction and action.

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