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Emotion and Reason in Social Change

Insights from Fiction

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  • © 2006

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  1. John Girling
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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Bridging the Emotional/Intellectual Divide

    1. Introduction: Bridging the Emotional/Intellectual Divide

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      Pages 1-23

  3. Possession

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. Democracy or Authoritarianism: the Economy and Politics of Modernisation in Japan

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      Pages 27-43

    3. Global Capitalism

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      Pages 44-67

  4. Power

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Imperialism: the Perils of Globalism

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      Pages 71-98

    3. Violence

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      Pages 99-118

    4. The Enigma of Politics

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      Pages 119-142

  5. Society: Vision and Division

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      Pages 143-143
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    2. Environment

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      Pages 145-163

    3. Women

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      Pages 164-189

    4. Dark Energy

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      Pages 190-200

    5. Conclusion

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      Pages 201-202

    6. Epilogue: Theatre of the Absurd

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      Pages 203-219

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 220-234
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The central concern of this ambitious study is to understand the impact of social change on people's lives - in the vital areas of economy, politics and civil society. Combining social science rationality with the understanding of emotions through works of imagination, John Girling investigates international economic, political and social problems.

About the author

JOHN GIRLING is an Independent Researcher, formerly a Senior Fellow at the Australia National University, Canberra. He is the author of ten books, his most recent being Social Movements and Symbolic Power, 2004.

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