Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, [1], 416, [1] p.)
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21 cm
Edition:
2nd ed (Online-Ausg.)
Content:
"This book is an introduction to the psychological theory of society. It attempts to deal with the psychological aspects of sociology, often called "social psychology" but, in the opinion of the writer, more accurately named "psychological sociology." The position of the writer is that sociology is a study of the biological and psychological factors in the social life with reference to certain problems, especially the problems of social organization and social evolution. As such a biology and psychology of the social life, sociology is as much a natural science as the foundation sciences on which it rests. A scientific sociology, accordingly, must rest upon the assured results of the other positive sciences, especially modern biology and psychology. The chief method of this treatise is that of psychological analysis. It is hoped that the reader of this volume will find in it a view of society which, while accepting the positive results of modern science, avoids the socially negative and destructive doctrines of materialism on the one side and of individualism on the other, and which conserves, therefore, the higher values of our social life. The chief theoretical positions of the book will be found developed in Chapters VI to XI inclusive, while in Chapters XVII to XIX inclusive are developed the more important practical conclusions"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Note:
Reprint of 1912. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Electronic reproduction; Washington, D.C; American Psychological Association; 2012; Available via World Wide Web; Access limited by licensing agreement; s2012 dcunns
Language:
English
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