Robert N. Bellah (1927–2013)
Autore di Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Sull'Autore
Robert N. Bellah, an American sociologist, received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1955 and teaches at the University of California at Berkeley. He is best known for his work on community and religion. Although he has written on religions in nonwestern cultures, he has focused much of his mostra altro research on the notion of civil religion in the West. To Bellah, American society confronts a moral dilemma whereby communalism competes with individualism for domination. His most important book, Habits of the Heart (1985), considers the American character and the decline of community. Bellah holds that the radical split between knowledge and commitment is untenable and can result only in a stunted personal and intellectual growth. He argues for a social science guided by communal values. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Portrait of Robert Neelly Bellah. Date 16 May 2008, 19:56:06 By Aguther (Own work)
Opere di Robert N. Bellah
Individualism and Commitment in American Life: Readings on the Themes of Habits of the Heart (1987) 76 copie
Prophetic Religion in a Democratic Society: Essays on Deepening the American Dream (A Series Sponsored By the Fetzer… (2006) 10 copie
Opere correlate
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 549 copie
Anxious about Empire: Theological Essays on the New Global Realities (2004) — Collaboratore — 86 copie
Christianity and Civil Society: Theological Education for Public Life (Boston Theological Institute Annual) (1995) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Daedalus, Spring 1972: Intellectuals and Tradition — Collaboratore — 3 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Bellah, Robert Neelly
- Data di nascita
- 1927-02-23
- Data di morte
- 2013-07-30
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Altus, Oklahoma, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Oakland, California, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Berkeley, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA - Istruzione
- Harvard College (AB|1950)
Harvard University (PhD ∙ 1955) - Attività lavorative
- sociologist
university professor emeritus - Relazioni
- Bellah, Melanie (spouse)
- Organizzazioni
- University of California, Berkeley
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- National Humanities Medal (2000)
American Academy of Arts and Letters - Breve biografia
- Robert N. Bellah was Elliott Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, at the University of California, Berkeley.
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The Good Society di Robert N. Bellah
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really appreciate this book and Robert Bellah's insights
A comprehensive historical analysis of human religion and thought, starting with the animal play and ending with the axial age breakthroughs. The major evolutionary theme being the development from the mimetic to mythic and narrative to the theoretic stage of the axial age. The ability to construct narratives that ultimately led to the development of “theoretic culture”.
More of a descriptive work rather than an analytic one, he considers the religious development from tribal to archaic to axial societies. The author presents anthropological case studies for tribal, archaic and axial age societies. For tribal religion, he considers the hunter gatherer societies from the Amazon, Australia and the America's from precolonial period rather than any prehistoric cases. He considers the precontact Hawaii as a case for the transition from tribal to archaic, and Egypt and Mesopotamia as cases for archaic societies.
The major bulk of the book though is given to dealing with the axial age societies of India, China, Israel and Greece. The transition from mythic narrative to theoretic culture occupies the bulk of this work. “Theoretical” breakthroughs and the evolution of universal ethics.
The scope of this work is grand and ambitious and I'm not doing any justice to it by this short and broken review. This book is clearly a product of a lifetime of research and learning. A very humanistic work on themes that are central to human experience. Highly recommended.
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More of a descriptive work rather than an analytic one, he considers the religious development from tribal to archaic to axial societies. The author presents anthropological case studies for tribal, archaic and axial age societies. For tribal religion, he considers the hunter gatherer societies from the Amazon, Australia and the America's from precolonial period rather than any prehistoric cases. He considers the precontact Hawaii as a case for the transition from tribal to archaic, and Egypt and Mesopotamia as cases for archaic societies.
The major bulk of the book though is given to dealing with the axial age societies of India, China, Israel and Greece. The transition from mythic narrative to theoretic culture occupies the bulk of this work. “Theoretical” breakthroughs and the evolution of universal ethics.
The scope of this work is grand and ambitious and I'm not doing any justice to it by this short and broken review. This book is clearly a product of a lifetime of research and learning. A very humanistic work on themes that are central to human experience. Highly recommended.
… (altro)
In contrast to the received wisdom, Bellah here argues that Japanese modernisation did not begin with Admiral Perry's arrival in 1868, and rapidly developed because of the superb Japanese ability for imitation. In contrast, he argues that the native doctrines of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto encouraged forms of logic and understanding necessary for economic development.
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