The Enlightenment of the late 17th and 18th century is characterized by an emphasis on reason and empiricism . As a major shaping philosophy of Western culture, it had a historical impact on the relig
This book identifies and documents the several ways conservatism functions as the nemesis of the democracy and the free market. He provides discussion on forms of conservative government and the rise
This book explores the historical and contemporary relationships of Protestant Puritanism to political and social authoritarianism. It focuses on Puritanism’s original, subsequent and modern influence
This is a book about modern liberal society and its adversaries. The book rediscovers and rehabilitates much maligned, especially in America, liberalism as the ideal system of liberty in relation to a
Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) argues that the destiny, like the genesis, of the US is essentially embedded and and predicted by Calvinism, in the form of the Puritanism of its English-Amer
Identifying a Free Society offers a holistic approach to modern free society constituted of democracy and a free economy, culture, and civil society. The book identifies liberal societies as the frees
Along with communism, fascism, and other threats to Western "free society," Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) identifies conservatism, especially in its American variety, as the antithesis of
Zafirovski (sociology, U. of North Texas) argues that contemporary conservatism, especially as manifested in the United States, is the nemesis of modern free society. He supports this argument by disc
In Modernity and Terrorism Zafirovski and Rodeheaver analyze the nature, types, and causes of terrorism. The book redefines terrorism in novel comprehensive way, considers counter-state and state terr
This book analyzes the nature and causes of contemporary global terrorism. It examines counter-state and state terrorism, with an emphasis on the latter in light of its scale, persistence, and intensi
The International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology is the first encyclopedia in the field and a timely response to the surge of interest in economic sociology over the last 30 years. Economic Sociol
In order to construct a broad reference for lay readers and scholars is a number of disciplines, it includes central concepts, terms, and authors not only from economic sociology but also from adjacen
