Edward A Shils
Biographic Data
| ID | 3630989 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward A Shils |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward A |
| FAMILY NAME | Shils |
| SIGNATURE | SHILS E A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1094 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1935 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Systems of Value - Orientation
Patterns of value-orientation have been singled out as the most crucial cultural elements in the organization of systems of action. It has been made clear at a number of points above that value-orientation is only part of what has been defined as culture. Concrete orientations and concrete interactions are events in time and space. Within the personality these orientations and interactions are grouped according to the need-dispositions denoting t…
Categories of the Orientation and Organization of Action
This chapter is concerned with three systems, three modes of organization of the elements of action; these elements are organized as social systems, as personalities, and as cultural systems. The box in the center shows how social systems and personalities interpenetrate one another whether they are subjects or objects: a role is the segment of a personality's actions which goes into the constitution of any particular group. With the transition t…
Conclusion
The basic frame of reference is in principle applicable to the hypothetically isolated actor in a nonsocial situation. In a situation in which a plurality of actors are in interaction, the scheme must be further differentiated to take into account the fact of complementarity of expectations — but this involves no modification in the basic frame of reference, merely a more elaborate deductive treatment. The pattern variables had previously been de…
Personality as a System of Action
This chapter develops some of the categories and hypotheses presented there in order to lay the groundwork for showing systematic relationships of the patterns of value-orientation and the organization of objects to the components of motivation (which are the allocative foci of personality systems). It analyzes certain aspects of the interrelation of this system with the social system in which the actor lives. The chapter is concerned with the re…
The Social System
The social system is made up of the actions of individuals. The actions which constitute the social system are also the same actions which make up the personality systems of the individual actors. The two systems are, however, analytically discrete entitites, despite this identity of their basic components. The "individual" actor as a concrete system of action is not usually the most important unit of a social system. For most purposes the concep…
Some Fundamental Categories of the Theory of Action: A General Statement
Theory in the social sciences should have three major functions. First, it should aid in the codification of our existing concrete knowledge. It can do so by providing generalized hypotheses for the systematic reformulation of existing facts and insights, by extending the range of implication of particular hypotheses, and by unifying discrete observations under general concepts. Through codification, general theory in the social sciences will hel…
Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences
Cohésion et désagrégation de la Wehrmacht pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
Cet article s'interroge sur les raisons de la forte cohésion de l'armée allemande tout au long de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Informés notamment par l'interrogatoire de prisonniers de guerre et d'intensifs entretiens psychologiques, les auteurs dégagent et explicitent la notion de « fonction du groupe élémentaire » pour comprendre la résistance du soldat allemand. C'est la satisfaction des principaux besoins élémentaires (subsistances et soins, …
Tradition
Journal Article Tradition, by Edward A. Shils. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981, viii + 344 pp. $20.00 Get access Joseph A. Varacalli Joseph A. Varacalli Nassau Community College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 43, Issue 4, Winter 1982, Pages 391–393, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710840 Published: 01 December 1982
Center and Periphery: Essays in Macrosociology. Selected Papers of Edward Shils Vol. 2
The Torment of Secrecy: The Background and Consequences of American Security Policies
The Intellectuals, Public Opinion, and Economic Development
The Torment of Secrecy
Working Papers in the Theory of Action
In the hope of provoking discussion among sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, and psychiatrists interested in social theory, the authors have made available here a set of working papers which constitute an attempt to develop more intensively a systematic theory of action. The papers include discussions of the concept of the superego, the theory of symbolism, and the problem of equilibrium in small groups
America's Paper Curtain
Additional informationNotes on contributorsEdward A. ShilsProfessor Shils, special editor of this issue of the Bulletin, and a member of the Bulletin's editorial board, is Professor of Social Sciences in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and is a consultant of the Rand Corporation. He formerly taught at the University of London and last year was visiting professor at the University of Paris.
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
Toward a General Theory of Action
Max Weber on the Methodology of the Social Sciences
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
"Some Remarks on "The Theory of Social and Economic Organization
AN appreciation of Max Weber'S work mast be equally directed towards (i) his moving concern with the great dramatic problem of the nature, conditions and destiny of modern capitalistic society; and (z) his simultaneous effort to achieve the methodological and theoretical clarilfication necessary to the solution of that problem. As a liberal, devoted to the value of rational self-determination and hypersensitively aware of the numerous restriction…
Cohesion and Disintegration in the Wehrmacht in World War II
The title of this article may suggest to some that it is of interst only to the student of military affairs. But it is of a far wider scope. The Public relations expert, the opinion analyst, the propagandist, the educator, and all those who are interested in relating attitudes to the psychology of the individual and the structure of the group will find it deserving of close attention. For the authors, in attempting to determine why the German Arm…
Social and Psychological Aspects of Displacement and Repatriation
Britain and the World: The Position of the Labour Party in Foreign Policy
The war which Great Britain entered in 1939 has now been won by the United Nations. But for the first of the great partners of the Alliance the costs have been tremendous. Of the £4 billions in overseas investments which Britain possessed before the war, only about £2 billions remain—most of the rest were spent in meeting charges of war goods which had to be purchased during the period of Cash and Carry. Not only has this important source of Brit…
News of Social Research in England
A Note on Governmental Research on Attitudes and Morale
The government of the United States is now conducting investigations into attitudes on a large scale. These investigations include studies of special publics, analyses of press contents, radio-listening studies, of foreign broadcasts. The British government is also carrying on somewhat similar studies on a more limited scale
Toward a General Theory of Action
Toward a General Theory of Action: Theoretical Foundations for the Social Sciences
Cohesion and Disintegration in the Wehrmacht in World War II
The title of this article may suggest to some that it is of interst only to the student of military affairs. But it is of a far wider scope. The Public relations expert, the opinion analyst, the propagandist, the educator, and all those who are interested in relating attitudes to the psychology of the individual and the structure of the group will find it deserving of close attention. For the authors, in attempting to determine why the German Arm…
Types of Power and Status
This article develops a typology of power and status, differentiating between power derived from formal positions and influence stemming from personal qualities. The authors explore how these forms interact and influence social action, arguing that while formal power structures provide a framework, individual influence and status play a crucial role in shaping actual outcomes. They examine various bases of power, including coercive, remunerative,…
Working Papers in the Theory of Action
In the hope of provoking discussion among sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, and psychiatrists interested in social theory, the authors have made available here a set of working papers which constitute an attempt to develop more intensively a systematic theory of action. The papers include discussions of the concept of the superego, the theory of symbolism, and the problem of equilibrium in small groups
Social and Psychological Aspects of Displacement and Repatriation
Britain and the World: The Position of the Labour Party in Foreign Policy
The war which Great Britain entered in 1939 has now been won by the United Nations. But for the first of the great partners of the Alliance the costs have been tremendous. Of the £4 billions in overseas investments which Britain possessed before the war, only about £2 billions remain—most of the rest were spent in meeting charges of war goods which had to be purchased during the period of Cash and Carry. Not only has this important source of Brit…
A Note on Governmental Research on Attitudes and Morale
The government of the United States is now conducting investigations into attitudes on a large scale. These investigations include studies of special publics, analyses of press contents, radio-listening studies, of foreign broadcasts. The British government is also carrying on somewhat similar studies on a more limited scale
Cohésion et désagrégation de la Wehrmacht pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale
Cet article s'interroge sur les raisons de la forte cohésion de l'armée allemande tout au long de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale. Informés notamment par l'interrogatoire de prisonniers de guerre et d'intensifs entretiens psychologiques, les auteurs dégagent et explicitent la notion de « fonction du groupe élémentaire » pour comprendre la résistance du soldat allemand. C'est la satisfaction des principaux besoins élémentaires (subsistances et soins, …
Max Weber on the Methodology of the Social Sciences
"Some Remarks on "The Theory of Social and Economic Organization
AN appreciation of Max Weber'S work mast be equally directed towards (i) his moving concern with the great dramatic problem of the nature, conditions and destiny of modern capitalistic society; and (z) his simultaneous effort to achieve the methodological and theoretical clarilfication necessary to the solution of that problem. As a liberal, devoted to the value of rational self-determination and hypersensitively aware of the numerous restriction…
Ideology and Utopia
An Introduction to Dialectical Materialism: The Marxist World-View
The Literature of Sociology, 1934, I
(1935). The Literature of Sociology, 1934, I. The Social Studies: Vol. 26, No. 7, pp. 459-475
The Literature of Sociology, 1934, II
The Meaning of Marx: A Symposium. Bertrand Russell , John Dewey , Morris Cohen , Sidney Hook , Sherwood Eddy Dialectical Materialism: The Theoretical Foundation of Marxism-Leninism. V. Adoratsky
An Introduction to Dialectical Materialism: The Marxist World-View
Ludwig Feuerbach and the Outcome of Classical German Philosophy.Frederick Engels
Limitations on the Freedom of Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences
stitution or in the wider community. Restrictions on the public utterance and activity of the social scientist, however widespread and important these restrictions are, are not of direct concern, and come in for consideration only as they have a bearing on teaching and research activities. Nor are we to deal with the numerous disputes in academic life arising out of questions of tenure, advancement, intra-faculty obstructionism, and administrativ…
Ideology and Utopia
Types of Power and Status
This article develops a typology of power and status, differentiating between power derived from formal positions and influence stemming from personal qualities. The authors explore how these forms interact and influence social action, arguing that while formal power structures provide a framework, individual influence and status play a crucial role in shaping actual outcomes. They examine various bases of power, including coercive, remunerative,…
A Note on Governmental Research on Attitudes and Morale
The government of the United States is now conducting investigations into attitudes on a large scale. These investigations include studies of special publics, analyses of press contents, radio-listening studies, of foreign broadcasts. The British government is also carrying on somewhat similar studies on a more limited scale
Britain and the World: The Position of the Labour Party in Foreign Policy
The war which Great Britain entered in 1939 has now been won by the United Nations. But for the first of the great partners of the Alliance the costs have been tremendous. Of the £4 billions in overseas investments which Britain possessed before the war, only about £2 billions remain—most of the rest were spent in meeting charges of war goods which had to be purchased during the period of Cash and Carry. Not only has this important source of Brit…
News of Social Research in England
Social and Psychological Aspects of Displacement and Repatriation
"Some Remarks on "The Theory of Social and Economic Organization
AN appreciation of Max Weber'S work mast be equally directed towards (i) his moving concern with the great dramatic problem of the nature, conditions and destiny of modern capitalistic society; and (z) his simultaneous effort to achieve the methodological and theoretical clarilfication necessary to the solution of that problem. As a liberal, devoted to the value of rational self-determination and hypersensitively aware of the numerous restriction…
Cohesion and Disintegration in the Wehrmacht in World War II
The title of this article may suggest to some that it is of interst only to the student of military affairs. But it is of a far wider scope. The Public relations expert, the opinion analyst, the propagandist, the educator, and all those who are interested in relating attitudes to the psychology of the individual and the structure of the group will find it deserving of close attention. For the authors, in attempting to determine why the German Arm…
Max Weber on the Methodology of the Social Sciences
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
The Methodology of the Social Sciences
Toward a General Theory of Action
America's Paper Curtain
Additional informationNotes on contributorsEdward A. ShilsProfessor Shils, special editor of this issue of the Bulletin, and a member of the Bulletin's editorial board, is Professor of Social Sciences in the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, and is a consultant of the Rand Corporation. He formerly taught at the University of London and last year was visiting professor at the University of Paris.
Working Papers in the Theory of Action
In the hope of provoking discussion among sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, and psychiatrists interested in social theory, the authors have made available here a set of working papers which constitute an attempt to develop more intensively a systematic theory of action. The papers include discussions of the concept of the superego, the theory of symbolism, and the problem of equilibrium in small groups
The Torment of Secrecy: The Background and Consequences of American Security Policies
The Intellectuals, Public Opinion, and Economic Development
The Torment of Secrecy
Center and Periphery: Essays in Macrosociology. Selected Papers of Edward Shils Vol. 2
Tradition
Journal Article Tradition, by Edward A. Shils. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981, viii + 344 pp. $20.00 Get access Joseph A. Varacalli Joseph A. Varacalli Nassau Community College Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 43, Issue 4, Winter 1982, Pages 391–393, https://doi.org/10.2307/3710840 Published: 01 December 1982
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