Self-renewal: The individual and the innovative society

ISBN: 9780393014860

定价: 39.00

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As 1 was browsing in a un iversity bookstore recentlyI
heard an applecheeked girl say tO her companionThe truth
is that our society and everything in it is in a state of decay
I studied her carefullyand I must report that she did not
seem even slightly decayedBut what of the society as a whole?
Decay is hardly the word for what is happening tO USWe
are witnessing changes SO profound and farreaching that the
mind can hardly grasp all the implicationsWith respect tO
most of these events--space exploration is the spectacular
example--we are not j ust passive observers but are helping
tO produce the changesThat is a story of dynamismnot
deterioration
Yet no one can fail tO see in some segments of our society
the dry rot produced by apathyby rigidity and by moral
emptinessOnly the blind and complacent could fail tO
recognize the great tasks of renewal facing usin government
in educationin race relationsin urban redevelopmentin
international affairsand most ot all in our own minds and
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