The active society

Collier-Macmillan

1968

xxv, 698 p.

1 -- The Active Orientation: Introduction -- PART ONE -- FOUNDATIONS FOR A THEORY OF MACROSCOPIC ACTION -- 3 -- The Languages of Societal Analysis: Methodological Assumptions -- 4 -- The Languages of Societal Analysis: Substantive Assumptions -- 5 -- A Theory of Societal Guidance: Basic Elements -- PART TWO -- CYBERNETIC FACTORS -- 7 -- Societal Knowledge and Collective Reality-Testing -- 8 -- Knowledge and Power -- 9 -- Societal Knowledge: Its Distribution and Reallocation -- 10 -- Societal Consciousness and Societal Action -- 11 -- The Specification of Societal Commitments: Rationalist and Incrementalist Approaches -- 12 -- Mixed-Scanning: An Active Approach to Decision-Making -- 13 -- Power as a Societal Force -- 14 -- Power, Alienation, and Societal Goals -- 15 -- Societal Mobilization and Societal Change -- PART FOUR -- SOCIETAL CONSENSUS AND RESPONSIVENESS -- 17 -- The Mechanisms of Consensus -- 18 -- Unresponsive Societies and Their Transformation -- PART FIVE -- BEYOND TRIBALISM -- 19 -- The Unifying Effects of Rising Interdependence -- 20 -- From Many -- One? -- EPILOGUE -- 21 -- Alienation, Inauthenticity, and Their Reduction

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