Invisible Crisis of Contemporary Society

Reconstructing Sociology's Fundamental Assumptions
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59451-372-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Is 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Phillips, Bernard S

Johnston, Louis C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction; Part 2 Physical and Biological Structures; Chapter 1 Isolation versus Interaction; Chapter 2 Outward versus Inward-Outward Perception; Part 3 Personality Structure; Chapter 3 “Head”; Chapter 4 “Heart”; Chapter 5 “Hand”; Part 4 Social Structures; Chapter 6 “Head”; Chapter 7 “Heart”; Chapter 8 “Hand”; Part 5 The Situation; Chapter 9 “Hand”; Chapter 10 “Heart”; Chapter 11 “Hand”; Part 6 Conclusions and Implications; Chapter 12 Connecting the Dots;

Über Autor(innen)

Bernard Phillips, Louis C. Johnston