SOCIAL BOND - AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE BASES OF LAW-ABIDINGNESS, V 1 - ANTECEDENTS OF THE SOCIAL BOND THE PHYLOGENY OF SOCIALITY

• NCJ Number: 40872
• Author(s): W STARK
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 229 pages
• Sale Source: Fordham University Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

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