The great disruption: human nature and the reconstitution of social order

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Profile Books, 1999Description: 354pISBN:
  • 1861970994 (hbk.):
Subject(s): Summary: The 'Great Disruption' during the latter half of the twentieth century has been the shift from an industrial to an information society; knowledge has replaced mass production as the basis for wealth, power and social intercourse. However, this change has not been all beneficial to social order; increased crime, massive changes in fertility and family structure, decreasing levels of trust and the triumph of individualism over community have ensued. The author claims that a new social order is already under construction; he argues that human beings are biologically driven to establish moral values and have unique capabilities for reasoning their way over the long run to spontaneous order.
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The 'Great Disruption' during the latter half of the twentieth century has been the shift from an industrial to an information society; knowledge has replaced mass production as the basis for wealth, power and social intercourse. However, this change has not been all beneficial to social order; increased crime, massive changes in fertility and family structure, decreasing levels of trust and the triumph of individualism over community have ensued. The author claims that a new social order is already under construction; he argues that human beings are biologically driven to establish moral values and have unique capabilities for reasoning their way over the long run to spontaneous order.

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