Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change
Series VII, Seminars, Culture and Values, Volume 19
General editor
George F. McLean
THE HUMANIZATION OF SOCIAL LIFE
Cultural Resources and Historical ResponsesVolume II
edited by
Ronald S. Calinger
Robert P. Badillo
Rose B. Calabretta
Robert Magliola
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I. CULTURAL RESOURCESChapter I. The Understanding of the Human Person and Society in Traditional and Modern African Cultures
(Albertine) Tshibilondi Ngoyi
Chapter II. Social Structure and Cultural Field in the Humanization of Social Life: The Problem of Democracy
Gytis Vaitkunas
Chapter III. The Ambiguity of a Culture and Its Freedom to Choose
Ion Bansoiu
Chapter IV. Valid Concepts: A Case of Policy-Oriented Research
Florencio R. Riguera
Chapter V. The Story of Man: Humanization of Social Life
Prabhakara M. Rao
PART II. HISTORICAL RESPONSES
Maciej Zieba, O.P.
Chapter VII. Transcendence and Social Change:Individualism as a Religious and Theological Issue
Joseph G. Donders
Roberto J. Gonzalez-Casanovas
Chapter IX. Democratic Revolutions: A Partial Historical Retrospective
Ronald S. Calinger
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Michael W. Foley
John A. Kromkowski
Chapter XII. Modernization and the Left
Tamas Toth
Stephen H. Kendall
Epilogue. War: Inevitable or Now Obsolete?
Paul PeacheyAppendix. Reports of Seminars on the Humanization of Social Life: The Dilemmas of Change