Invisible Crisis of Contemporary Society

Reconstructing Sociology's Fundamental Assumptions

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Bernard S Phillips, Louis C. Johnston ISBN: 9781317257394
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 3, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Bernard S Phillips, Louis C. Johnston
ISBN: 9781317257394
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 3, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Is there a growing gap in today's world between cultural aspirations and their fulfillment, a gap that is increasing social problems of all kinds? If so, what forces are producing that gap? How can these forces be changed? To answer these questions, Phillips and Johnston employ a very broad approach to the scientific method, drawing evidence from a wide variety of data and sources, including sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, historians, philosophers, educators, psychiatrists, and novelists. They find substantial evidence for a widening gap, suggesting an invisible crisis throughout contemporary society. They also find substantial evidence that a simplistic and static metaphysical stance or worldview is largely responsible for that gap, and that an alternative worldview can work to close that gap.

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Is there a growing gap in today's world between cultural aspirations and their fulfillment, a gap that is increasing social problems of all kinds? If so, what forces are producing that gap? How can these forces be changed? To answer these questions, Phillips and Johnston employ a very broad approach to the scientific method, drawing evidence from a wide variety of data and sources, including sociologists, psychologists, political scientists, historians, philosophers, educators, psychiatrists, and novelists. They find substantial evidence for a widening gap, suggesting an invisible crisis throughout contemporary society. They also find substantial evidence that a simplistic and static metaphysical stance or worldview is largely responsible for that gap, and that an alternative worldview can work to close that gap.

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