(Paperback)

Beyond the Enlightenment makes accessible important ideas that helped shape twentieth-century thought. These ideas still have a great deal of significance today and affect all people interested in the social world. The book is a mixture of biographical and historical ideas, written to introduce social theory to a broad audience.

(Hardback)

Beyond the Enlightenment makes accessible important ideas that helped shape twentieth-century thought. These ideas still have a great deal of significance today and affect all people interested in the social world. The book is a mixture of biographical and historical ideas, written to introduce social theory to a broad audience.

(Hardback)

This work provides a review of Wirth's life based on available biographical sources including unpublished materials. It focuses on Wirth's social, political, and professional evolution, and depicts his personal development through his scholarship, his social activism, and his commitment to reform.