Armageddon or Evolution? - The Scientific Method and Escalating World Problems (Hardcover)

For the first time in history we humans are experiencing a wide range of increasing problems that threaten us with extinction, if not today or tomorrow then the day after tomorrow. Yet we have the capacity-with the aid of a broad approach to the scientific method that builds on Mills's concept of "the sociological imagination"-to confront those problems ever more effectively. Armageddon or Evolution? carries forward the broad scientific approach that Phillips developed in four previous books: "Beyond Sociology's Tower of Babel" (2001), "Toward a Sociological Imagination" (2002, edited), "The Invisible Crisis of Contemporary Society" (2007, with Louis Johnston), and "Understanding Terrorism" (2007, edited). Excerpts from these books can be found on www.sociological-imagination.org. Everyone-academics and nonacademics alike-can learn to use that scientific method in everyday life, following the "East-West" and "deep dialogue" strategies Phillips describes. These are procedures for achieving nothing less than conscious evolution. They require us to uncover our fundamental assumptions along with their contradictions and move toward alternative assumptions that promise to resolve those contradictions. And they also require us to open up to the full range of knowledge-from the social sciences, philosophy, literature and beyond-invoked by Mills and illustrated in this book.

General

Imprint:	Paradigm Publications
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	2009
Authors:	Bernard S. Phillips
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	260
ISBN-13:	978-1-59451-606-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
LSN:	1-59451-606-5
Barcode:	9781594516061

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!