100 Books: Texts That Influenced My Thinking and Scholarship–Nisbet’s The Quest for Community

Sociologist Robert Nisbet’s first important work, The Quest for Community (1953, 1969), claimed that modern social science’s individualism denied an important human drive toward community as it left people without the aid of their fellows to combat the centralizing power of the nation-state.

Community: Theory, Biblio, Studies

Community: Theory, Biblio, Studies, Films

Sociology of Art and Literature: Richard Hoggart’s Uses of Literature

Richard Hoggart (born September 24, 1918) was a British academic who specialized in the study of literature and culture.

Film Theory: Auteurism, Authorship, Directors

The concept of authorship implies a certain autonomy and control to specific directors.

Black Film and Culture: Biblio

Donalson, Melvin. Black Directors in Hollywood. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2010. Share this: