The reconstruction of humanity / Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich

Public ISBD Titre : The reconstruction of humanity Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich, Auteur Editeur : Boston : Beacon Press Année de publication : c1948 Importance : xii, 247 p. Format : 24 cm. Note générale : Includes bibliographical references and index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Altruism Civilization Egoism Peace Progress Sociology Mots-clés : Humanity Index. décimale : HM 101 Résumé : An outline of what must be changed in the existing order before a new creative and peaceful world can be built. Note de contenu : Prologue : the eternal quest continues -- Quack cures for war and impotent plans for peace. Political cures ; Economic cures and plans ; Scientific, educational, religious, and other cures and plans -- Insufficient factors of altruism. Altruism : its forms, gradations, and creativity ; Insufficient factors of altruism -- Cultural factors of altruism and egoism. Two basic principles ; What needs to be changed in contemporary culture--and why ; What is pathological in the main compartments of our culture -- Social factors of altruism and egoism. What must be changed in all social institutions--and why ; What must be changed in the family, school, and religious institutions--and why ; What must be changed in our political, economic, and other institutions--and why -- Personal factors of creative altruism. Our incompetence in effecting the transformation of man ; Three remedies ; Methods and techniques of the great masters of altruism -- ways of realization of the plan. How the proposed change is to be achieved. The reconstruction of humanity [texte imprimé] / Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich, Auteur . - Boston : Beacon Press, c1948 . - xii, 247 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Langues : Anglais (eng) Catégories : Altruism Civilization Egoism Peace Progress Sociology Mots-clés : Humanity Index. décimale : HM 101 Résumé : An outline of what must be changed in the existing order before a new creative and peaceful world can be built. Note de contenu : Prologue : the eternal quest continues -- Quack cures for war and impotent plans for peace. Political cures ; Economic cures and plans ; Scientific, educational, religious, and other cures and plans -- Insufficient factors of altruism. Altruism : its forms, gradations, and creativity ; Insufficient factors of altruism -- Cultural factors of altruism and egoism. Two basic principles ; What needs to be changed in contemporary culture--and why ; What is pathological in the main compartments of our culture -- Social factors of altruism and egoism. What must be changed in all social institutions--and why ; What must be changed in the family, school, and religious institutions--and why ; What must be changed in our political, economic, and other institutions--and why -- Personal factors of creative altruism. Our incompetence in effecting the transformation of man ; Three remedies ; Methods and techniques of the great masters of altruism -- ways of realization of the plan. How the proposed change is to be achieved.

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