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Routledge Saving Society - Routledge - Sociology & Anthropology Book

Name: Saving Society - Routledge - Sociology & Anthropology Book
Brand: Routledge
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Why do global problems seem to be getting worse? Saving Society explores the deep-seated reasons behind our current social struggles. This book argues that a dramatic change in our mode of thinking is necessary to address the challenges of the modern world. Through the lens of the sociological imagination, the authors examine how our fundamental assumptions lead to an overly bureaucratic approach to life. This bureaucratic mindset often blocks effective solutions to many of our most pressing issues. By contrasting our current tendencies toward emotional repression and conforming behavior with a more liberated form of perception, the text offers a new way to look at the world. Readers will discover how shifting our thought processes and emotional expression can help us break out of rigid bureaucratic routines. This work examines how an alternative approach can lay the foundation for a different kind of social existence, moving away from conformity and toward a more liberated way of living and thinking.

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Examines how bureaucratic thinking patterns block solutions to global problems.

Contrasts current emotional repression with more liberated forms of perception.

Provides a new perspective on how conforming behavior affects society.

Explores ways to break out of rigid bureaucratic routines through thought.

Part of the Advancing the Sociological Imagination series by Routledge.

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Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1594517762
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 30 August 2010
Listed Since: 08 May 2009

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