The Invisible Crisis of Contemporary Society: Reconstructing Sociology's Fundamental AssumptionsIs there a growing gap in today's world between cultural aspirations and their fulfillment, a gap that is increasing social problems of all kinds? If so, what forces are producing that gap? How can these forces be changed? To answer these questions, Phillips and Johnston employ a very broad approach to the scientific method, drawing evidence from a wide variety of data and sources, including sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, historians, philosophers, educators, psychiatrists, and novelists. They find substantial evidence for a widening gap, suggesting an invisible crisis throughout contemporary society. They also find substantial evidence that a simplistic and static metaphysical stance or worldview is largely responsible for that gap, and that an alternative worldview can work to close that gap. |
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... The World of Null - A ( 1945 ) . Both books are based on Alfred Korzybski's theory of " general semantics . " It is rare for an author of fiction to base his work on non - fiction , yet it indicates his breadth of perspective . Gilbert ...
... The World of Null - A ( 1945 ) . Both books are based on Alfred Korzybski's theory of " general semantics . " It is rare for an author of fiction to base his work on non - fiction , yet it indicates his breadth of perspective . Gilbert ...
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... The World of Null - A . New York : Berkley Publishing , 1945/1970 . van Vogt , A. E. The Players of Null - A . New York : Berkley Publishing , 1948 . Wallerstein , Immanuel . The Modern World - System . New York : Academic Press , 1974 ...
... The World of Null - A . New York : Berkley Publishing , 1945/1970 . van Vogt , A. E. The Players of Null - A . New York : Berkley Publishing , 1948 . Wallerstein , Immanuel . The Modern World - System . New York : Academic Press , 1974 ...
Contents
PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL STRUCTURES | 29 |
Outward versus InwardOutward Perception | 44 |
PERSONALITY STRUCTURES | 63 |
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