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Rules of the Game in Social Relationships (Paperback)
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Rules of the Game in Social Relationships (Paperback)
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Loot Price R327
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Josef Pieper's readers become accustomed to the clarity of thought
and expression in his writing-in combination with the impression he
gives of being profoundly in touch with fundamentals. His
conceptual clarity emerges from his awareness of basic human
experience. This book began life in 1933 as a small book produced
in a sociological research institute and was encumbered, not
surprisingly, with unwieldy academic jargon. It took on a new life
as a result of a challenging statement by Max Frisch, who, in 1976,
stated that establishing peace in the world required the
transformation of society into a community. Amazed by the naivety
of Frisch's claim, Pieper set about defining three types of social
interaction and describing how they function. 1. The community is
an intimate grouping based on mutual affirmation of its members
what they share in common. The family is an example. 2. Society is
the sphere we enter on leaving the intimate circle in which we
live. Here, tact, etiquette and contract come into play for the
protection of one another's privacy. 3. Organization is the sphere
dominated by usefulness of the individual. Pieper is particularly
concerned about the cog in the wheel mentality of certain political
regimes. The book is a characteristic example of the philosopher's
concern with political reality.
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