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TRADITION - EDWARD SHILS KARTONIERT (TB)

Tradition  by esteemed sociologist Edward Shils  was the first book to fully explore the
history  significance  and future of tradition as a whole. Intent on questioning the meaning of
the antitraditionalist impulse in today's society  Shils argues here that the tendency to
distrust and rebel against tradition is at the heart of tradition itself  only through
suspicion and defiance does tradition actually move forward. Revealing the importance of
tradition to social and political institutions  technology  science  literature  religion  and
scholarship  Tradition remains the definitive work on this vital element of our society. Shils
is a man of fabled learning  whose mind purrs powerfully like the moth at dusk. I hesitate to
use the word conservative of him because it misses the central concern of his work  which is
not conservatism  but the conservation of those human resources and achievements which are
richest  and matter most.--David A. Martin  Times Literary Supplement Tradition is the first
comprehensive treatment of the subject that encompasses the totality of tradition in all its
multifaceted variables and functions. . . . It is a landmark analytical and theoretical
sociological study that not only fills a need but also provides a basic model and impetus for
further research.--H. Leon Abrams Jr.  Sociology

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