Man's Nature and His Communities (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781610979481)

This book centers on the major theme of Reinhold Niebuhr's lifework, the nature of humanity and the political and social life. Idealistic and realistic social philosophies are reevaluated and tribalism is analyzed as a pervasive quality of humankind's societies. A thinker who has always advanced by criticizing his own assumptions, Dr. Niebuhr continued to break new ground and to reconsider some of his earlier judgments. In this book, Dr. Niebuhr reviews the doctrines of the political order advanced by religious and secular interests; he traces the long history of the paradox of man's obvious universal humanity and the tribal loyalties which are the roots of human inhumanity; and he deals with the complex relation between ambition and creativity. Adding to and modifying his remarkable contribution to contemporary thought, Dr. Niebuhr has written a book that is of fundamental importance.

Author: Reinhold Niebuhr
ISBN-10: 1610979486
ISBN-13: 9781610979481
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2012
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d