Essays in the theory of society.
- Stanford, Calif., Stanford University Press, 1968.
- x, 300 p. 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. [281]-291.
Values and social science; the value dispute in perspective.--Homo sociologicus; on the history, significance, and limits of the category of social role. --Sociology and human nature; a postscript to Homo sociologicus.--Out of Utopia; toward a reorientation of sociological analysis.--In praise of Thrasymachus.--On the origin of inequality among men.--Liberty and equality; reflections of a sociologist on a classical theme of politics.--Market and plan; two types of rationality. --Uncertainty, science, and democracy.--Sociology and the sociologist; on the problem of theory and practice.