Robert Nisbet

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Robert Nisbet was a 20th-century American sociologist and conservative social theorist known for his critiques of modern individualism and the erosion of traditional communities and intermediate institutions.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf conservative thinker
person
social theorist
sociologist
centuryOfActivity 20th century
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt University of California, Berkeley
employer American Enterprise Institute
Columbia University
University of Arizona
University of California, Berkeley
fieldOfWork conservative thought
political philosophy
social theory
sociology
influenced communitarian theorists
modern conservative thought
influencedBy Alexis de Tocqueville
Edmund Burke
classical sociological tradition
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest authority
community
individualism
intermediate institutions
modern state
movement communitarianism
conservatism
notableFor analysis of erosion of traditional communities
contributions to conservative social theory
critique of modern individualism
defense of intermediate institutions
notableWork Community and Power
Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary
The Quest for Community
The Sociological Tradition
Twilight of Authority
occupation sociologist
university professor
positionHeld professor of sociology
vice chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley
theory intermediate institutions protect individuals from centralized power
modern state undermines traditional communities

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Alexis de Tocqueville influenced Robert Nisbet

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