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Obhajoba realistického pojetí modernizace: Poznámky k článku prof. Árnasona a dalším polemikám
In Defense of a Realistic View of Modernization: Remarks on Professor Arnason's Article and Other Polemics
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Abstract A reply to Jan Keller (2007), Jaroslaw Kilias (2006), & Johann Arnason (2007) as critical reviewers of Machonin's Ceska spolecnost a sociologicke poznani. Problemy spolecenske transformace a modernizace od poloviny sedesatych let 20. stoleti do soucasnosti ([The Czech Society and Sociological Knowle... view more
A reply to Jan Keller (2007), Jaroslaw Kilias (2006), & Johann Arnason (2007) as critical reviewers of Machonin's Ceska spolecnost a sociologicke poznani. Problemy spolecenske transformace a modernizace od poloviny sedesatych let 20. stoleti do soucasnosti ([The Czech Society and Sociological Knowledge. Problems of Social Transformation and Modernization from the Mid 1960s to the Present] Prague: ISV, 2005). Keller's critique is found to be fed by his personal, 'hyperskeptical' & overly pessimistic, view of modernization. Kilias misreads the book in the context of his own theoretical-methodological conceptions. Arnason's criticism is discussed in more detail, addressing the following issues: (1) the variety & diversity of epistemological approaches in sociological research, (2) the liberal thought in classical Marxism & the notions of social liberalism & democratic socialism, (3) the theory of multiple modernities, & (4) the concept & term 'state socialism' & the question whether state socialism, as practiced in the Soviet bloc countries, qualifies as a special type of modernity.... view less
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Sociology
Free Keywords
Modernization; Democracy; Liberalism; Socialism; State Role
Document language
Czech
Publication Year
2008
Page/Pages
p. 167-175
Journal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 44 (2008) 1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
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