| Description |
viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. The impact of the social sciences on man's self-image -- The medieval background of modern social thought / R.H. Tawney -- The crisis in man's knowledge of himself / Ernst Cassirer -- The social sciences and possible utopia / Eric Kahler -- Part II. Fundamental effects of the social sciences on our everyday conceptions -- Excursus : sociological Machiavellianism and ethics / Peter L. Berger -- Sociology and general education / Robert Bierstedt -- Part III. The necessary involvement of the social scientist in social problems -- Values and the social sciences / Robert Lynd -- Choice and commitment in social research / Robert W. Friedrichs -- Part IV. The impact of the social sciences on our racial problems -- Social science evidence and the school segregation cases / Herbert Garfinkel -- Some social consequences of research on racial relations / Melvin M. Tumin -- Part V. Problematic impacts of the social sciences -- The servants of power / Loren Baritz -- Sociology and the sociologist : on the problem of theory and practice / Ralf Dahrendorf -- Part VI. The dangers of tyrannical manipulation -- The behavioral scientist and social responsibility : no place to hide / Leonard Krasner -- "Social responsibility" or ego enhancement? / Raymond A. Bauer -- Part VII. The growing impact of the social sciences : dangers and promises -- Future of the social sciences / Warren G. Bennis -- Criticism and ideology / T.B. Bottomore -- The impact of the social sciences / Jack D. Douglas |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references |
| Subject |
Social policy.
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Social sciences.
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| Author |
Douglas, Jack D.
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| LC no. |
76119991 |
| ISBN |
0390272310 |
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