The Conduct of LifeHarcourt, Brace, 1951 - 342 pages Discusses the ultimate ethical and religious issues that confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization. |
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Page 178
... social considerations , strangle life : maiming the young and inno- cent who toiled fourteen hours a day in the new factories , and starving adults wholesale , in obedience to the blind law of market competition , working in a manic ...
... social considerations , strangle life : maiming the young and inno- cent who toiled fourteen hours a day in the new factories , and starving adults wholesale , in obedience to the blind law of market competition , working in a manic ...
Page 314
... Social and Cultural Dynamics ( 1938 ) . Important because he was one of the first sociologists to recognize the importance of the logico - meaningful element in all social processes . Society , Culture , and Personality : a System of ...
... Social and Cultural Dynamics ( 1938 ) . Important because he was one of the first sociologists to recognize the importance of the logico - meaningful element in all social processes . Society , Culture , and Personality : a System of ...
Page 338
... Social breakdown , 149 Social change , by irradiation , 228 scientific description of , 228 Social compulsion , 179 Social phenomena , nature of , 12 Social transformation , 105 difficulty of , 119 Socialism , 22 , 226 , 236 possible ...
... Social breakdown , 149 Social change , by irradiation , 228 scientific description of , 228 Social compulsion , 179 Social phenomena , nature of , 12 Social transformation , 105 difficulty of , 119 Socialism , 22 , 226 , 236 possible ...
Contents
THE CHALLENGE TO RENEWAL | 3 |
COSMOS AND PERSON | 58 |
The Emergence of the Divine | 68 |
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