Puritan, Paranoid, Remissive : A Sociology of Modern Culture (Hardcover)

Preface 1. The Puritan 2. The Paranoid 3. The Remissive 4. The Decline of Individual Authority 5. Paranoia and Cultural Change 6. The Remissive Prospect 7. The New England Flight from Calvin: Some Sociological Impressions 8. Puritan Character and The Scarlet Letter 9. On the Function of Culture 10. On Methods (Tocqueville, Weber, Freud) 11. On Universals: Weber, Calvin and Oedipus 12. Motives Bibliography Index