The calling of social thought: Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils PDF
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The calling of social thought The calling of social thought Rediscovering the work of Edward Shils Edited by Christopher Adair-Toteff and Stephen Turner Manchester University Press Copyright © Manchester University Press 2019 While copyright in the volume as a whole is vested in Manchester University Press, copyright in individual chapters belongs to their respective authors, and no chapter may be reproduced wholly or in part without the express permission in writing of both author and publisher. Published by Manchester University Press Altrincham Street, Manchester M1 7JA www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 5261 2005 2 hardback First published 2019 The publisher has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for any external or third-party internet websites referred to in this book, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Typeset by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited To the memory of Edward Shils, from those who have known him and those who wished they had, and to those whose encounter with his thought lies in the future Contents List of contributors ix Introduction: discovering and rediscovering Shils 1 Stephen P. Turner 1 The philosophical anthropology of Edward Shils 32 Steven Grosby 2 The sociologist as human scientist: the meaning of Shils 47 Thomas Schneider 3 The recovery of tradition 61 Lenore T. Ealy 4 Edward Shils and Michael Polanyi: the terms of engagement 79 Phil Mullins 5 Shils, Mannheim, and ideology 106 Christopher Adair-Toteff 6 Shils and Oakeshott 123 Efraim Podoksik 7 Edward Shils on pluralism and civility 140 Richard Boyd 8 Nations, nationality, and civil society in the work of Edward Shils 154 Peter Mentzel 9 Shils and the intellectuals 171 Jefferson Pooley 10 Edward Shils and his Portraits 191 Bryan S. Turner viii contents 11 Edward Shils: defender of the traditional university 202 Philip G. Altbach 12 Concluding comments: Edward Shils – the ‘outsider’ 212 Christopher Adair-Toteff Appendix: Bibliography of the published works of Professor Edward Shils 214 Christine C. Schnusenberg and Gordon B. Neavill References 245 Index 264
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