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Published by The Library Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, 1950
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.
Pamphlet. Condition: Fair. 16 pages; Tear in cover Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Chapel Hill Press
ISBN 10: 1880849402ISBN 13: 9781880849408
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
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Softcover. Condition: New. Paperback. Fine condition, looks brand new. Signed by the author, Clara B. Allen on the title page. This book would make a great gift. 199 pp. Full refund if not satisfied. Signed by Author.
Published by The Beacon Press, Boston Ma, 1948
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Viii, 182 Pp. Red Cloth, Spine Lettered In Black. First Printing. Lightly Used, Very Good + With Faint Bookseller's Stamp On Front Pastedown. Dust Jacket With Wear At Edges, Not Price-Clipped. Well-Meaning Questions Based On An Adversarial View Of History As A Zero-Sum Game As Asked By Someone With No Expertise In Government Administration Or Social Psychology Or Indeed History, The Questions Were Posed To A Panel Of Somewhat Well-Known Personalities With Presumed Good Will And Social Influence But Only A Few With World Class Intellectual Achievements And None With Any Long-Term Experience Working In A Government Administrative Program, And None With Known Expertise Or Originality In Psychology Or Social Psychology, The Lack Of Real Expertise In Government Limits Their Ability To Speak On Any Question Requiring Government Involvement; And Their Lack Of Deep Knowledge Of Human Psycho-History Limited The Usefulness Of Their Well-Meaning Comments On The Future Of Human Individual Behavior. In Other Words, A 1940'S Poll Comparable To A Modern News Or Facebook Discussion Which Is Interesting Only As A Good Example Of How The Celebrity-Comment Format Is Not Only Not New, It's The Basis Of Printed Mass-Market Communication And Has Been "Forever". This Model Of Establishing "Acceptable" Thought And Conceptual Paradigms Through Celebrity Discussion Depends Upon One Primary Method: Avoidance Of Any Direct Criticism Of Anyone For Making "Stupid" Or Immoral" 'Unethical" Judgments, And Removing Any Hint That The Statements Of Others Should Be Evaluated On Those Grounds. As The Chinese Government Just Very Recently Has Started To Move In The Direction Of Stigmatizing The Stupid And Immoral And Explaining Why, They Seek The Moral High Ground Long Claimed By The West, Which Largely Refuses To Stigmatize The Stupid Or Immoral. The Only Explanation Iks That The Public Has An Overwhelming Need To Believe That Their Leaders Have A Philosophy Of Government And Behavior When There Is No Evidence Of Such Anywhere; Probably A Need To Substitute Something For The Blind Obedience And Loyalty Which Characterized Pre-Democratic Life Everywhere.