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Sociology Reference Guide: The Elements of Social Change -- Contents -- Introduction -- Characteristics of Modernity -- Modernity & -- Progress -- Weber & -- the Rational Society -- Toennies & -- the Loss of Community -- Causes of Social Change -- Modernity & -- the Individual -- Alienation -- Modernity & -- Class Society -- Social Institutions in Postmodern Society -- Progress & -- the Post-Modern Society -- Science & -- Technology in the Postmodern Society -- Cultural Conflict in Postmodern Society -- Postmodernity, Personal Freedom, & -- Social Responsibility.

Analyzes the ambivalence of most social scientists, who are more comfortable in analyzing & interpreting problems than in taking actions to solve them. Academic conferences & study, the media, the family, mainstream religion, & the state discourage people from acting. The university as an institution inspires decontextualization & intellectualization. The ambivalence of most social scientists about social change is due to the risk of making things worse & the socialization of consumerism. Activism is a way of testing the self, of opening to new discoveries of unknown strengths, vulnerabilities, virtures, & weaknesses. 2 References. L. Nguyen

No. 1 preceded by introductory issued dated May 1977. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Merged with: Cultural life in Sweden, Political life in Sweden, Working life in Sweden, and: Human environment in Sweden, to form: Viewpoint Sweden.