| Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1994, Volume 42: The Individual, the Family, and Social Good: Personal Fulfillment in Times of Change Contributor(s): Nebraska Symposium (Author), Melton, Gary B. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803282214 ISBN-13: 9780803282216 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 1995 Annotation: The question of whether personal gratification is compatible with social good is one of the fundamental problems of motivation. The family, an institution that has undergone extraordinary change in the last generation, is perhaps the most profound context in which to consider this issue. This volume is tinged with prophetic concern about the state of contemporary family life and about the (un)likelihood of reconciling individual family members' interests with those of the family as a whole. The nine contributors' backgrounds are diverse--anthropology, economics, law, and clinical, community, developmental, and social psychology--and their positions on the nature of motivation in families vary widely. Their views are often disquieting and sometimes conflicting as they offer provocative analyses of divorce, family violence, political transitions, and concerns of both Western and non-Western cultures. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Reference |
| Dewey: 159.408 |
| LCCN: 53011655 |
| Series: Nebraska Symposium on Motivation |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.06" W x 8.92" (0.78 lbs) 200 pages |