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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... period of their development in response to external and internal stimuli . Such a period there must have been in every case , other- wise the structures could never have come into existence . In the prosecution of such a research it ...
... period of their development in response to external and internal stimuli . Such a period there must have been in every case , other- wise the structures could never have come into existence . In the prosecution of such a research it ...
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... period . The doctrine was undoubtedly salutary at the outset , and it is more or less useful still . It was primarily directed against the pretensions of a class . The action taken by that class can be called social action only in the ...
... period . The doctrine was undoubtedly salutary at the outset , and it is more or less useful still . It was primarily directed against the pretensions of a class . The action taken by that class can be called social action only in the ...
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... period when it placed them in the hands of a class , it has steadily been taking the initiative , assuming responsibilities , undertaking various enterprises , and tak- ing over into its own control one after another a great array of ...
... period when it placed them in the hands of a class , it has steadily been taking the initiative , assuming responsibilities , undertaking various enterprises , and tak- ing over into its own control one after another a great array of ...
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... period of human history . But everybody knows that a state of inactivity , beyond that needed to recuperate from the effect of previous fatigue , becomes ennui , a state more intolerable than fatigue , which drives the sufferer to some ...
... period of human history . But everybody knows that a state of inactivity , beyond that needed to recuperate from the effect of previous fatigue , becomes ennui , a state more intolerable than fatigue , which drives the sufferer to some ...
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... period of existence . In every case the great majority succumb , before the age of reproduction , to enemies , to disease , to starvation , or to the elements , and the survivors , throughout their entire lives , are incessantly ...
... period of existence . In every case the great majority succumb , before the age of reproduction , to enemies , to disease , to starvation , or to the elements , and the survivors , throughout their entire lives , are incessantly ...
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