TY  - GEN
T1  - The American paradox : spiritual hunger in an age of plenty
A1  - Myers, David G.
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2000
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn122939708
AB  - For Americans entering the twenty-first century, it is the best of times and the worst of times. Material wealth is at record levels, yet disturbing social problems reflect a deep spiritual poverty. In this compelling book, well-known social psychologist David G. Myers asks how this paradox has come to be and, more importantly, how to spark social renewal and dream a new American dream. Myers explores the research on social ills from the 1960s through the 1990s and concludes that the materialism and radical individualism of this period have cost us dearly, imperiling our children, corroding general civility, and diminishing our happiness. However, in the voices of public figures and ordinary citizens he now hears a spirit of optimism. The national dialogue is shifting away from the expansion of personal rights and towards enhancement of communal civility, away from efforts to raise self-esteem and towards attempts to arouse social responsibility, away from "whose values?" and towards "our values". Myers analyses in detail the research on educational and other programmes that deal with social problems, explaining which seem to work and why. He then offers positive and well-reasoned advice, suggesting that a renewed social ecology for America will rest on policies that balance "me thinking" with "we thinking."
OP  - 414
CN  - HN90.M6 M94 2000eb
SN  - 9780300130294
SN  - 0300130295
SN  - 9781281722331
SN  - 1281722332
SN  - 0300081111
SN  - 9780300081114
KW  - United States : Moral conditions.
KW  - Social ethics : United States.
KW  - Communitarianism : United States.
KW  - Morale sociale : États-Unis.
KW  - Communautarisme : États-Unis.
KW  - États-Unis : Conditions morales.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Cultural Policy.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Popular Culture.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Sociology : General.
KW  - Communitarianism
KW  - Moral conditions
KW  - Social ethics
KW  - United States
KW  - Spiritualiteit.
KW  - Secularisatie (maatschappij)
KW  - Sociale problemen.
ER  -