Is Individualism culturally biased?

November 18

Games and Battles

  • Robert Axelrod, Live and Let Live: How to explain cooperation between antagonists. P. 187-200 in: Boudon/Cherkaoui, Central Currents in Social Theory. Vol. 5. Sage 2000.
November 20

The Self-Thematizaton of Society

  • Niklas Luhmann, The Self-Thematization of Society. P. 229-254 in Luhmann, The Differentiation of Society. Columbia University Press, 1982.
November 22

Bellah: Habits of the Hart

  • Robert N. Bellah et al., Individualism. P. 87-107 in: Alexander et al. (ed.), The Classical Tradition in Sociology. The American Tradition. Vol.4. London 1997, Sage (Reserve).
  • Robert N. Bellah et al., Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996 (Reserve).

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