Edward Shils was a major intellectual and social thinker of the mid-twentieth century. This collection captures the major facets the thought of this complex and controversial figure.

Introduction: discovering and rediscovering Shils - Stephen P. Turner1 The philosophical anthropology of Edward Shils - Steven Grosby2 The sociologist as human scientist: the meaning of Shils - Thomas Schneider3 The recovery of tradition - Lenore T. Ealy4 Edward Shils and Michael Polanyi: the terms of engagement - Phil Mullins5 Shils, Mannheim, and ideology - Christopher Adair-Toteff6 Shils and Oakeshott - Efraim Podoksik7 Edward Shils on pluralism and civility - Richard Boyd8 Nations, nationality and civil society in the work of Edward Shils - Peter Mentzel9 Shils and the intellectuals - Jeff Pooley10 Edward Shils and his Portraits - Bryan Turner11 Edward Shils: defender of the traditional university - Philip G. Altbach12 Concluding comments: Edward Shils-The 'Outsider' - Christopher Adair-ToteffAppendix: Bibliography of the published works of Professor Edward Shils - C. C. Schnusenberg and G. B. NeavillIndex