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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... progress in the past twenty- three years , although they have been years of great social unrest . And every attempt to take a step forward , with its virtual failure to do so , has only confirmed the view there set forth that ends can ...
... progress in the past twenty- three years , although they have been years of great social unrest . And every attempt to take a step forward , with its virtual failure to do so , has only confirmed the view there set forth that ends can ...
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... PROGRESS VERSUS EVOLUTION Views of Herbert Spencer . Its relation to happiness . - - - Definitions of progress in earlier works . The paradox of hedonism . . 18 WELTSCHMERZ Pessimism . - Position of Gumplowicz . — Views V.
... PROGRESS VERSUS EVOLUTION Views of Herbert Spencer . Its relation to happiness . - - - Definitions of progress in earlier works . The paradox of hedonism . . 18 WELTSCHMERZ Pessimism . - Position of Gumplowicz . — Views V.
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... progress has consisted in slowly shedding the primitive error - CHAPTER VII SOCIAL APPROPRIATION OF TRUTH Truth leads to achievement , but not necessarily to improvement . Material civilization on the whole progressive . - Truth not ...
... progress has consisted in slowly shedding the primitive error - CHAPTER VII SOCIAL APPROPRIATION OF TRUTH Truth leads to achievement , but not necessarily to improvement . Material civilization on the whole progressive . - Truth not ...
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... principle under consideration , and it is especially appropriate here as belonging strictly within the field of applied sociology . CHAPTER II THE EFFICACY OF EFFORT Progress is not automatic 12 [ PART I APPLIED SOCIOLOGY.
... principle under consideration , and it is especially appropriate here as belonging strictly within the field of applied sociology . CHAPTER II THE EFFICACY OF EFFORT Progress is not automatic 12 [ PART I APPLIED SOCIOLOGY.
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... Progress is not automatic , in the sense that if we were all to be cast into a deep slumber for the space of a generation , we should arouse to find ourselves in a greatly improved social state . The world only grows better , even in ...
... Progress is not automatic , in the sense that if we were all to be cast into a deep slumber for the space of a generation , we should arouse to find ourselves in a greatly improved social state . The world only grows better , even in ...
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