TY - JOUR
AU - Becker, Henk A.
AB - between social capital and intellectual capital — a The editor's preface states that this volume deals key subject in current business literature - will with the dynamics of generations, generational rela- also find this book stimulating. The book expounds tionships and the differentiation of generations; the upon an immense range of intellectual history, and effects of generations on the societal order; and certainly makes inspiring and interesting reading. future developments in generational cohesion. In And, despite the heavy subject and incredible his introductory chapter the editor takes as a starting scope, Collins'writing style resembles an oral lecture point the ideas Mannheim presented in 1928 in his more than an abstruse disquisition. classic article on the problem of generations, while pointing out that, since 1928, there have been signif- Collins claims that intellectual stagnation is icant developments in the study of generations. caused by a lack of intersection and dialogue Mannheim prest^ed ideas only about the emer- among different schools. Accordingly, creativity gence of generations, whereas more recently appears when there are many organizational bases sociologists have also elaborated theories about the for conflict among intellectual factions, but when further development and ultimately the decline of these are focused around 
TI - Book Reviews
JF - European Sociological Review
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.esr.a018269
DA - 1999-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/book-reviews-KgRDohepPE
SP - 345
EP - 348
VL - 15
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -