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Three Worlds of Collective Human Experience: Individual Life, Social Change, and Human Evolution

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Victor N. Shaw

    1. Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, Department of Sociology, California State University-Northridge, Northridge, USA

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  • Demonstrates human needs for survival, human struggles in spirituality and human capacities in the pursuit of truth
  • Applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence
  • Builds upon major disciplines across social sciences and humanities by exploring each world, from common sense to religion to science

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Three Worlds

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Commonsensical

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      Pages 3-11

    3. The Religious

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      Pages 13-21

    4. The Scientific

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      Pages 23-32

    5. The General

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      Pages 33-42

  3. Individual Life

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 43-43
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    2. Born to Commonsense

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      Pages 45-55

    3. Reared in Religion

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      Pages 57-67

    4. Educated with Science

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      Pages 69-78

    5. Horizontal and Vertical Dimensions

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      Pages 79-90

  4. Social Dynamics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91
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    2. Member Livelihood

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      Pages 93-106

    3. Group Faith

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      Pages 107-120

    4. Collective Development

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      Pages 121-136

    5. Comparative and Historical Perspectives

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      Pages 137-151

  5. Human Evolution

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Ongoing Survival

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      Pages 155-167

    3. Ultimate Destination

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      Pages 169-180

    4. Universal Law

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      Pages 181-192
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About this book

This book explores three worlds shared by the humans in their collective experiences. It identifies and explores the world of commonsense, the world of religion, and the world of science as three essential dimensions of human experience. The book helps understand that humans can gain comfort and pleasure in commonsense, achieve meaning and purpose from religion, and attain truth and rationality through science. It actively applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence. This book is of interest to theorists, researchers, instructors, and students across major academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Criminology and Justice Studies, Department of Sociology, California State University-Northridge, Northridge, USA

    Victor N. Shaw

About the author

Victor N. Shaw, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology, criminology, and justice studies at California State University-Northridge. Dr. Shaw is interested in the study of crime, deviance, social control, organizational behavior, higher education, and public policy, and has published widely in those areas. 
Among the books by Dr. Shaw, Substance Use and Abuse: Sociological Perspectives (2002) appeared in “Outstanding Academic Titles, 2003,” CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, the Association of College and Academic Libraries. Career-Making in Postmodern Academia: Process, Structure, and Consequence (2004) topped the list of books to read for graduates and postgraduate professionals by some academic advisors. Conspicuous and Inconspicuous Discriminations in Everyday Life (2013, 2015) is the 80th title in Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought.

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