NCJ Number
40872
Date Published
1976
Length
229 pages
Annotation
A SOCIOLOGICAL THEORETICAL WORK INVESTIGATING WHY SOCIETIES COHERE AND CONTINUE BY DISCUSSING THE RELATIONSHIP OF MAN'S BODILY EQUIPMENT TO HIS SOCIAL MODE OF LIFE.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR SEES SOCIAL ORDER AS AN ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLECTIVE MAN AND NOT A RESULT OF PHYSICAL INHERITANCE. SOCIAL ORDER IS NECESSARY FOR REDUCING AND CONTROLLING ANIMAL PROPENSITIES IN HUMANS; THEREFORE, MAN IS NOT NATURALLY LAW-ABIDING, THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES.(AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH