Social Pathology in Comparative Perspective
The Nature and Psychology of Civil Society
Published on 19. September 1995
Book
Hardback
304 pages
978-0-275-94796-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book builds on the notion that social pathology differs from society to society and that the sense of character that develops in each society is specific to different perceptions of interpersonal obligations and responsibilities in that society. The book deals with the cultural and psychological effects of social change relevant to the study of modernity and postmodernity. It deals with particular social issues such as war and conflict, juvenile delinquency, problems of social ecology and religious revivalism, all reflecting the stresses of modern life and social change within very concrete, particular environments. Braun and his contributors show how individual character and civil society evolve together to create culturally specific trajectories of social change.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
644 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-94796-5 (9780275947965)
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Person
JEROME BRAUN is an independent scholar interested in the nexus of the individual and the state. He is the editor of Psychological Aspects of Modernity (Praeger, 1993) and the author of The Humanized Workplace: A Psychological, Historical, and Practical Perspective (Praeger, 1994).
Content
Introduction by Jerome Braun Character in Modern Society Personality, Pathology, and Modernism in Max Weber by Terry Maley Is Character Any Longer a Meaningful Concept? Maybe by Jerome Braun The Natural Ecology of Personal Relationships by Jerome Braun Social Pathology and Social Ecology by Jerome Braun Social Pathology in Comparative Perspective Juvenile Delinquency in Germany, South Africa and America: Explorations in National Character by George J. McCall Schizophrenia: A Transcultural View by Jerome Braun Social Isolation in Chinese and American Culture by Jerome Braun Complicated Mourning and Mobilization for Nationalism by Joseph V. Montville The Psychology of War: A Study in Antirelationships by Jerome Braun Civil Society Reactions to Nihilism: Religious Revivals and Political Activism in the United States, Japan, India, and Germany by Mathew Kanjirathinkal Modernity and Politics by Jerome Braun Social Disorder and Revival Movements: Some Opinions by Jerome Braun Appendix A: Why Doing Social Science Is So Hard by Jerome Braun Appendix B: Social Cohesion in Democratic and Authoritarian Societies by Jerome Braun Appendix C: The Sense of Self by Jerome Braun Selected Bibliography Index