Disorganization: personal and social

Abstract

"This book seeks to establish a theory of personal and social disorganization and to indicate how such a theory may be applied to various social problems. Very few fields in modern sociology offer such an abundance of materials as does the field of modern social problems. In this connection, the sociologist suffers from an embarras de richesse. Much of this material, however, is unintegrated and lacking the systematic frames of reference which are progressively being cultivated in other areas of sociology. The approach in this book attempts to synthesize many of the modern views in anthropology, social psychology, and psychiatry which have begun to affect so vitally the field of modern sociology. The attempt has been made to sustain throughout the volume the indissoluble relationship between culture, the group, and the individual personality"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2014 APA, all rights reserved).