TÖnnies, Ferdinand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TONNIES, FERDINAND fer denant ton y s, 1855 1936, German sociologist and political scientist. He is noted for his analysis...community based on mutual aid and trust and the modern kind of society in which self-interest predominates. See his Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft (1877; tr. Community and Society, 1957); selected writings, ed. by W. J. Cahnman and R. Heberle...