Small Community: Foundation of Democratic Life
Language: English
Published by Community Services (edition ), 1984
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- Title
- Small Community: Foundation of Democratic Life
- Author
- Morgan, Arthur E.
- Publisher
- Community Services (edition )
- Publication year
- 1984
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0910420289
- ISBN 13
- 9780910420280
In this age of large cities, mass culture, and ever more massive events, people must struggle against an overwhelming crowd of their own creations to maintain human integrity. In this manual for human survival, Arthur E. Morgan offers a solution: peaceful existence in the small, primary community where, more easily than anywhere else, people can find a way to live well. Ultimately striving to show that the small community is "the lifeblood of civilization," this volume examines the political organization, membership, economics, health, and ethics characteristics of small communities.
Like Rousseau before him, Morgan observes that we have less control over our affairs than in the past. In increasing our control of the natural environment, human beings have built a social environment so out of scale that it becomes nearly impossible for people to maintain balance. The struggle now is less with the natural order than with the social order, and preserving human integrity against the plethora of our own creations is the core problem.
The need to rediscover elementary forms of human existence has been accelerated by the efficiencies of centralized control and mass persuasion. In the face of this, small communities or intimate groups become the primary pattern in which human beings must live if the good life is to be a realistic goal. The timely nature of this volume has grown as the electronic displaces the mechanical as a moral rival to human community.
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"Morgan's book is an argument in favor of the small community and its rehabilitation as a basic unit in modern society... The first half of the book consists of Morgan's philosophy of the importance of the small community. The second half deals with community organization and community interests. There are "how to do" chapters on community design, a study of the community, community councils, a community leadership... The book is popularly written and deserves a wide reading, particularly among rural sociologists."
--Robert A. Polson, American Sociological Review
"[A] commendable piece of work in terms of social philosophy and in its inclusion of pertinent literature."
--Lee M. Brooks, Social Forces
"The practical suggestions made by the author concerning ways and means of organizing the small community, the technique of informal community studies, and methods of improving community services should be very useful to civic clubs and community leaders."
--Jesse F. Steiner, American Journal of Sociology
"Morgan's book is an argument in favor of the small community and its rehabilitation as a basic unit in modern society... The first half of the book consists of Morgan's philosophy of the importance of the small community. The second half deals with community organization and community interests. There are "how to do" chapters on community design, a study of the community, community councils, a community leadership... The book is popularly written and deserves a wide reading, particularly among rural sociologists."
--Robert A. Polson, American Sociological Review
"[A] commendable piece of work in terms of social philosophy and in its inclusion of pertinent literature."
--Lee M. Brooks, Social Forces
"The practical suggestions made by the author concerning ways and means of organizing the small community, the technique of informal community studies, and methods of improving community services should be very useful to civic clubs and community leaders."
--Jesse F. Steiner, American Journal of Sociology
"In this book, Arthur Morgan argues that smaller communities are necessary for people to have control and thereby democracy in their lives. He organizes his arguments into four sections. The first makes the case for the significance of smallness and presents the problem of bigness as one of alienating structures. The second section examines community organization and advances certain structures. The third section addresses specific issues, like governance, economics, recreation, and the church. The final section presents concluding observations on pioneering new communities."
--Book News
"Morgan's book is an argument in favor of the small community and its rehabilitation as a basic unit in modern society... The first half of the book consists of Morgan's philosophy of the importance of the small community. The second half deals with community organization and community interests. There are "how to do" chapters on community design, a study of the community, community councils, a community leadership... The book is popularly written and deserves a wide reading, particularly among rural sociologists."
--Robert A. Polson, American Sociological Review
"[A] commendable piece of work in terms of social philosophy and in its inclusion of pertinent literature."
--Lee M. Brooks, Social Forces
"The practical suggestions made by the author concerning ways and means of organizing the small community, the technique of informal community studies, and methods of improving community services should be very useful to civic clubs and community leaders."
--Jesse F. Steiner, American Journal of Sociology
"In this book, Arthur Morgan argues that smaller communities are necessary for people to have control and thereby democracy in their lives. He organizes his arguments into four sections. The first makes the case for the significance of smallness and presents the problem of bigness as one of alienating structures. The second section examines community organization and advances certain structures. The third section addresses specific issues, like governance, economics, recreation, and the church. The final section presents concluding observations on pioneering new communities."
--Book News
-Morgan's book is an argument in favor of the small community and its rehabilitation as a basic unit in modern society... The first half of the book consists of Morgan's philosophy of the importance of the small community. The second half deals with community organization and community interests. There are -how to do- chapters on community design, a study of the community, community councils, a community leadership... The book is popularly written and deserves a wide reading, particularly among rural sociologists.-
--Robert A. Polson, American Sociological Review
-[A] commendable piece of work in terms of social philosophy and in its inclusion of pertinent literature.-
--Lee M. Brooks, Social Forces
-The practical suggestions made by the author concerning ways and means of organizing the small community, the technique of informal community studies, and methods of improving community services should be very useful to civic clubs and community leaders.-
--Jesse F. Steiner, American Journal of Sociology
-In this book, Arthur Morgan argues that smaller communities are necessary for people to have control and thereby democracy in their lives. He organizes his arguments into four sections. The first makes the case for the significance of smallness and presents the problem of bigness as one of alienating structures. The second section examines community organization and advances certain structures. The third section addresses specific issues, like governance, economics, recreation, and the church. The final section presents concluding observations on pioneering new communities.-
--Book News
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