TY  - BOOK
AU  - FUKUYAMA Francis
TI  - The great disruption: human nature and the reconstitution of social order
SN  - 1861970994 (hbk.):
PY  - 1999///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books
KW  - HISTORICAL STUDIES
KW  - MORALITY
KW  - NORMS
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
KW  - SOCIAL ORDER
KW  - TWENTIETH CENTURY
N2  - 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
ER  -