FUKUYAMA Francis <br/><br/>
The great disruption:  human nature and the reconstitution of social order 

 - London:  Profile Books,  1999 
 - 354p. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1861970994 (hbk.):  20.00 UK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>HISTORICAL STUDIES<br/>MORALITY<br/>NORMS<br/>PHILOSOPHY<br/>POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY<br/>SOCIAL ORDER<br/>TWENTIETH CENTURY