The Rule of the Clan: What an Ancient Form of Social Organization Reveals about the Future of Individual Freedom Contributor(s): Weiner, Mark S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 125004362X ISBN-13: 9781250043627 Publisher: Picador USA
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
Dewey: 306.83 |
LCCN: 2012023468 |
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.54" W x 8.75" L (0.67 lbs) 272 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: Winner of the Grawemeyer Award For Ideas Improving World Order Mark S. Weiner, an expert in constitutional law and legal history, shows us that true individual freedom depends on the existence of a robust state dedicated to the public interest. In the absence of a healthy state, he explains, humans naturally tend to create legal structures centered not on individuals but rather on extended family groups. The modern liberal state makes individualism possible by keeping this powerful drive in check--and we ignore the continuing threat to liberal values and institutions at our peril. At the same time, for modern individualism to survive, liberals must also acknowledge the profound social and psychological benefits the rule of the clan provides and recognize the loss humanity sustains in its transition to modernity. Masterfully argued and filled with rich historical detail, Weiner's investigation speaks both to modern liberal societies and to developing nations riven by "clannism," including Muslim societies in the wake of the Arab Spring. |
Contributor Bio(s): Weiner, Mark S.: - Mark S. Weiner teaches constitutional law and legal history at Rutgers School of Law in Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of Black Trials: Citizenship from the Beginnings of Slavery to the End of Caste, recipient of the Silver Gavel Award of the American Bar Association; and Americans without Law: The Racial Boundaries of Citizenship, recipient of the President's Book Award of the Social Science History Association. He lives with his wife in Connecticut. |
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