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Amitai Etzioni

The Monochrome Society

Amitai Etzioni

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English
Princeton University Press
07 April 2003
Sociology & anthropology
Series: New Forum Books
Amitai Etzioni is one of the most influential social and political thinkers of our day, a man synonymous with the ideas of communitarianism. In this book, Etzioni challenges those who argue that diversity or multiculturalism is about to become the governing American creed. On the surface, America may seem like a fractured mosaic, but the country is in reality far more socially monochromatic and united than most observers have claimed. In the first chapter, Etzioni presents a great deal of evidence that Americans, whites and African Americans, Hispanics and Asian Americans, new immigrants and decedents of the Pilgrims, continue to share the same core of basic American values and aspirations. He goes on to show that we need not merely a civil but also a good society, one that nurtures virtues. He assesses key social institutions that can serve such a society ranging from revived holidays to greater reliance on public shaming. The most effective sources of bonding and of shared ideas about virtue, he insists throughout, come from the community, not from the state.

Etzioni also challenges moral relativists who argue that we have no right to ""impose"" our moral values on other societies.

He responds to those who fear that a cohesive community must also be one that is oppressive, authoritarian, and exclusive. And he explores and assesses possible new sources and definitions of community, including computer-mediated communities and stakeholding in corporations. By turns provocative and reassuring, the chapters here cut to the heart of several of our most pressing social and political issues. The book is further evidence of Etzioni's enduring place in contemporary thought.
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Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Height: 235mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 21mm
Weight:   482g
ISBN:   9780691114576
ISBN 10:   0691114579
Series:   New Forum Books
Pages:   336
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Amitai Etzioni is University Professor at The George Washington University. A past President of the American Sociological Association, he is the author of nineteen books, including The Moral Dimension (The Free Press), The Limits of Privacy (Basic Books), and The New Golden Rule (Basic Books), which won the Simon Wiesenthal Center's 1997 Tolerance Book Award. He was recently awarded the Sociological Practice Association's Outstanding Contribution Award and the Seventh James Wilbur Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Appreciation and Advancement of Human Values.

Reviews for The Monochrome Society

Insightful... Etzioni is always thoughtful and deliberate. -- Publishers Weekly Etzioni's liberal communitarianism addresses a serious problem, namely how to arrest the atomisation of modern societies and improve the quality not only of citizenship but of life in general. --Bhikhu Parekh, Times Higher Education Supplement Written in an uncomplicated style, The Monochrome Society is a significant contribution. --Sean Donlon, Sunday Independent (Dublin) A series of absorbing and significant reflections on how virtue-sustaining communities may be possible under modern conditions that, at first glance, seem stacked against them ... A robust defense of communitarianism... --Jonathan Marks, The Responsive Community A readable collection of essays ... Sometimes diffuse, more often enlightening: essays that make good individual points and together form a social philosophy worth considering. -- Kirkus Reviews Even readers unsympathetic with communitarian ideas will find these well-thought-out and well-written essays thought provoking. -- Library Journal


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