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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... Forces . Confusion of ideas on the subject . - - - 40 41 • 44 Beliefs . Belief versus opinion . — Beliefs rest on interest . Grow out of desires . World views due to economic conditions . · occidental ideas . - - Oriental and The study ...
... Forces . Confusion of ideas on the subject . - - - 40 41 • 44 Beliefs . Belief versus opinion . — Beliefs rest on interest . Grow out of desires . World views due to economic conditions . · occidental ideas . - - Oriental and The study ...
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... force to be utilized . — Primary means to achievement . .. 129 Conflicting schools . - RÔLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Hero - worship versus nature - worship . — Civiliza- tion the product of human action . — The environment passive . Man ...
... force to be utilized . — Primary means to achievement . .. 129 Conflicting schools . - RÔLE OF THE ENVIRONMENT Hero - worship versus nature - worship . — Civiliza- tion the product of human action . — The environment passive . Man ...
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... phenomena of privation . The economic struggle for existence . - Current fallacies and their refutation . - Man's control of physical and of social forces contrasted . -- - - - - - -The competitive system . Supposed xvi CONTENTS.
... phenomena of privation . The economic struggle for existence . - Current fallacies and their refutation . - Man's control of physical and of social forces contrasted . -- - - - - - -The competitive system . Supposed xvi CONTENTS.
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... forces have molded them into their present shape and character , and according to what principles of nature the creative and trans- forming processes have operated , they begin really to understand themselves . Not only is a mantle of ...
... forces have molded them into their present shape and character , and according to what principles of nature the creative and trans- forming processes have operated , they begin really to understand themselves . Not only is a mantle of ...
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... forces over any of the applications of vital phenomena was pointed to as its conclusive refutation . But are these forces more useful to man than those which have caused the earth to yield its cereals and fruits and have produced ...
... forces over any of the applications of vital phenomena was pointed to as its conclusive refutation . But are these forces more useful to man than those which have caused the earth to yield its cereals and fruits and have produced ...
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