Society And Social Pathology

Author : R.C. Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319503257

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Society and Social Pathology by R.C. Smith Pdf

This book offers one of the most comprehensive studies of social pathology to date, following a cross-disciplinary and methodologically innovative approach. It is written for anyone concerned with understanding current social conditions, individual health, and how we might begin to collectively conceive of a more reconciled postcapitalist world. Drawing reference from the most up-to-date studies, Smith crosses disciplinary boundaries from cognitive science and anthropology to critical theory, systems theory and psychology. Opening with an empirical account of numerous interlinked carises from mental health to the physiological effects of environmental pollution, Smith argues that mainstream sociological theories of pathology are deeply inadequate. Smith introduces an alternative critical conception of pathology that drills to the core of how and why society is deeply ailing. The book concludes with a detailed account of why a progressive and critical vision of social change requires a “holistic view” of individual and societal transformation. Such a view is grounded in the awareness that a sustainable transition to postcapitalism is ultimately a many-sided (social, individual, and structural) healing process.

Author : Kieran Keohane
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317015635

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The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization by Kieran Keohane Pdf

The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization explores the nature of contemporary malaises, diseases, illnesses and psychosomatic syndromes, examining the manner in which they are related to cultural pathologies of the social body. Multi-disciplinary in approach, the book is concerned with questions of how these conditions are not only manifest at the level of individual patients' bodies, but also how the social 'bodies politic' are related to the hegemony of reductive biomedical and individual-psychologistic perspectives. Rejecting a reductive, biomedical and individualistic diagnosis of contemporary problems of health and well-being, The Social Pathologies of Contemporary Civilization contends that many such problems are to be understood in the light of radical changes in social structures and institutions, extending to deep crises in our civilization as a whole. Rather than considering such conditions in isolation - both from one another and from broader contexts - this book argues that health and well-being are not just located at the level of the individual body, the integral human person, or even collective social bodies; rather, they encompass the health of humanity as a whole and our relationship with Nature. A ground-breaking analysis of social malaise and the health of civilization, this book will be of interest to scholars of sociology, social theory, social psychology, philosophy and anthropology.

Author : Bernard Rosenberg,Israel Gerver,F. William Howton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Mass society
ISBN : UOM:39015003977769

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Mass Society in Crisis by Bernard Rosenberg,Israel Gerver,F. William Howton Pdf

Textbook in sociology and social pathology presenting fundamental contemporary social problems - comprises papers and excerpts from published material on such issues as police violence, the social system in the concentration camp, the horror of nuclear war, crime and poverty, mental health, social structure and anomie, social psychology, youth unrest among university students, employment discrimination, Black life and the social process, sociological factors in addiction to drugs, etc. References and statistical tables.

Author : Frederick Neuhouser
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009235037

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Diagnosing Social Pathology by Frederick Neuhouser Pdf

Explains what is at stake in calling societies 'ill' and the meanings and consequences of characterizing social problems as illnesses.

Author : Jerome Braun
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-19
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015034871296

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Social Pathology in Comparative Perspective by Jerome Braun Pdf

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.

Author : Przemysław Piotrowski
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9789042020252

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Understanding Problems of Social Pathology by Przemysław Piotrowski Pdf

A social reality (including social pathology) is constantly being constructed anew in the process of confrontation of perspectives and definitions of individuals, institutions and social groups. Therefore what interests the authors of the book more than the disputes on the right definition, is the understanding of social pathology phenomena - their causes, mechanisms, and social costs. Complex and multidimensional as it is, social reality is best described from various perspectives. For that reason, a potentially interesting and fruitful interdisciplinary approach characterises the book. It contains mainly texts of psychologists who work at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. The articles of sociologists, lawyers, and one theoretician of education broaden the horizon and thus contribute new insights to the entirety of the book. The body of articles predominantly relates to Polish reality, as well as stems from the experience of the Polish society in the period of political transformation. No less interesting are the articles on the pathology of political discourse, community-policing problems in France, and issues of social concern (victims of violence, problems of the elderly, and collective behaviour). The volume is of interest for social scientists and professionals as well as for students.

Author : Samuel George Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Charities
ISBN : UCAL:$B20898

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Social Pathology by Samuel George Smith Pdf

Author : Edwin McCarthy Lemert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Psychopaths
ISBN : 1839743689

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Social Pathology by Edwin McCarthy Lemert Pdf

Author : Neal Harris
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030705824

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Pathology Diagnosis and Social Research by Neal Harris Pdf

The diagnosis of social pathologies has long been a central concern for social researchers working within, and on the peripheries of, Critical Theory. As this volume will elaborate, the pathology diagnosing imagination enables a “thicker” form of social critique, fostering research that pushes beyond the parameters of liberal social and political thought. Faced with impending climatic catastrophe, the accelerating inequities of neoliberalism, the ascent of authoritarian movements globally, and one-dimensional computational modes of thought, a viable form of normative social critique is now more important than ever. The central aim of this volume is thus to champion the pathology diagnosing imagination as a vehicle for conducting such timely social criticism.

Author : Amy Allen,Eduardo Mendieta
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 851 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1316623203

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The Cambridge Habermas Lexicon by Amy Allen,Eduardo Mendieta Pdf

Over a career spanning nearly seven decades, Jürgen Habermas - one of the most important European philosophers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries - has produced a prodigious and influential body of work. In this Lexicon, authored by an international team of scholars, over 200 entries define and explain the key concepts, categories, philosophemes, themes, debates, and names associated with the entire constellation of Habermas's thought. The entries explore the historical, philosophical and social-theoretic roots of these terms and concepts, as well as their intellectual and disciplinary contexts, to build a broad but detailed picture of the development and trajectory of Habermas as a thinker. The volume will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Habermas, as well as for other readers in political philosophy, political science, sociology, international relations, cultural studies, and law.

Author : Edwin McCarthy Lemert
Publisher : New York, McGraw-Hill
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Criminals
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044304777

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Social Pathology by Edwin McCarthy Lemert Pdf

Author : Samuel George Smith
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1330341252

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Social Pathology by Samuel George Smith Pdf

Excerpt from Social Pathology This volume is an introduction to the principal subjects connected with the defeats of human society. It is an effort to furnish points of view for the study of the problems of charities and correction. The field is so vast that it is manifest much important matter must be omitted, and the sense of proportion in such a task will depend altogether upon the nature and extent of the reader's investigations. The central doctrine in this book is that both society and the individual are dominated by psychical influences. The civilized social group is bound together by those processes which distinguish men from the other animals. There is a great gulf between human society and the animal world. The importance of the individual depends upon the efficiency of society. The individual is successful to the extent that he is controlled by social forces. In this statement there is no denial of a certain range of individual responsibility, but the question of personal responsibility is largely academic. The insane person is not responsible for his delusions, though he may be responsible for having become insane. The pauper and the confirmed criminal, from many points of view, are no more responsible than the insane; but in the period before they became social outcasts some one was responsible. The feeble-minded constitute a class by themselves, and state guardianship and control are indicated for a very large number. The ordinary studies in what is known as degeneration commence too late. It is easy enough to show that the pauper, the criminal, and the insane may be included under the vague term "degenerate." The point to discover is where the departure from normal human life began, and what were the malign influences that caused it. The inductions of this book, upon which a large body of practical workers in all the various fields substantially agree, indicate that most children are well born, and are afterward ruined by physical accident or disease, or else by the failure of the home and the state. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Stuart Alfred Queen,Jennette Rowe Gruener
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Social problems
ISBN : PSU:000006674731

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Social Pathology by Stuart Alfred Queen,Jennette Rowe Gruener Pdf

Author : Bernard Rosenberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Social history
ISBN : OCLC:977902122

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Mass Society in Crisis by Bernard Rosenberg Pdf

Author : Alex Law
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847876027

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Key Concepts in Classical Social Theory by Alex Law Pdf

This book's individual entries introduce, explain and contextualise the key topics within classical social theory. Definitions, summaries and key words are developed throughout with careful cross-referencing allowing students to move effortlessly between core ideas and themes. Each entry provides: ' Clear definitions ' Lucid accounts of key issues ' Up-to-date suggestions for further reading ' Informative cross-referencing Relevant, focused and accessible this book will provide students with an...