Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by SocietyGinn, 1906 - 384 pages This work and its predecessor, Pure Sociology, constitute together a system of sociology, and these, with Dynamic Sociology, The Psychic Factors of Civilization, and the Outlines of Sociology, make up a more comprehensive system of social philosophy. Should any reader acquaint himself with the whole, he will find it not only consistent with itself, but progressive in the sense that each successive volume carries the subject a step farther with a minimum of repetition or duplicate treatment. The central thought is that of a true science of society, capable, in the measure that it approaches completeness, of being turned to the profit of mankind. If there is one respect in which it differs more than in others from rival systems of philosophy it is in its practical character of never losing sight of the end or purpose, nor of the possibilities of conscious effort. It is a reaction against the philosophy of despair that has come to dominate even the most enlightened scientific thought. It aims to point out a remedy for the general paralysis that is creeping over the world, and which a too narrow conception of the law of cosmic evolution serves rather to increase than to diminish. It proclaims the efficacy of effort, provided it is guided by intelligence. It would remove the embargo laid upon human activity by a false interpretation of scientific determinism, and, without having recourse to the equally false conception of a power to will, it insists upon the power to act. - Preface. |
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... course be said of nearly the whole social reform movement embraced under the general term " socialism , " and including the utopian schools as well as the practical ones- Fourier as well as Karl Marx . They all seek to bring about modi ...
... course be said of nearly the whole social reform movement embraced under the general term " socialism , " and including the utopian schools as well as the practical ones- Fourier as well as Karl Marx . They all seek to bring about modi ...
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... course no justice at all , but the absence of justice . There is no natural justice , and all justice is artificial . This constitutes one of the best illustrations of the principle under consideration , and it is especially appropriate ...
... course no justice at all , but the absence of justice . There is no natural justice , and all justice is artificial . This constitutes one of the best illustrations of the principle under consideration , and it is especially appropriate ...
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... course of nature with respect to man , and denies the efficacy of effort . Those who take the narrower view and condemn the efforts of society to ameliorate its condition do not content themselves with denying all efficacy in such ...
... course of nature with respect to man , and denies the efficacy of effort . Those who take the narrower view and condemn the efforts of society to ameliorate its condition do not content themselves with denying all efficacy in such ...
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... course all this falls to the ground on the least analysis . For example , starting from the standpoint of achievement , it would nat- urally be held that there would be great injustice in robbing those who by their superior wisdom had ...
... course all this falls to the ground on the least analysis . For example , starting from the standpoint of achievement , it would nat- urally be held that there would be great injustice in robbing those who by their superior wisdom had ...
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... course . It is forgotten that its adop tion was the result of a prolonged struggle . The principle under- lying it is lost sight of , and other policies involving the same principle are attacked as the first was attacked , the same ...
... course . It is forgotten that its adop tion was the result of a prolonged struggle . The principle under- lying it is lost sight of , and other policies involving the same principle are attacked as the first was attacked , the same ...
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