Word: socialism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...devastating picture of what he calls "the positive role of hypocrisy," a nice philosophical turn of phrase which means simply that a criminal regime that cloaks its actions in moral slogans will, soon or late, be forced to start trying to live up to them. Says Kolakowski ironically: "A social system based on unlawfulness, oppression and unhappiness, when it masks itself with humanistic phraseology, does not, in spite of appearances, become more effective in the long run. At a certain moment, its facade turns against it because it was always alien to it." But, he adds, "in the larger view...
...social life that Jones sees the most widespread change. "Most important," he says, "is the increasing sense people have of being moved by obscure forces within themselves which they are unable to define. Few thinking people nowadays would claim a complete knowledge of themselves, or that what they are consciously aware of comprises the whole of their mentality. And this recognition, with all its formidable consequences for the future of social organization, we owe above all to Freud . . . Man's chief enemy and danger is his own unruly nature and the dark forces pent up within...
...criticism of the Nat. Sci. program which has long confronted the advocates of general education, however, is that science concentrators should not be exempted from a lower level Nat. Sci. requirement. This cry came mainly from the Social Science and Humanities concentrators who felt that they were treated unjustly and that, if they had to take lower-level Gen. Ed. courses in their area, the science major should be compelled to do likewise...
...more important reason might well be the diffentation and assumption of superiority by the Harvard community, somewhat attributable to the Boston setting and to the preponderance of the upper social and intellectual classes. For most Americans, Harvard society is about as far removed as one can get from one's native background while still remaining in the continental limits of the United States. For many, being at Harvard necessitates a major reevaluation of culturally induced values and ideas...
...Lampoon has a social club aspect as well as an orthodox college activity aspect," the front man resumed. "As you have been told, we feel that the members of the group should get along together. That's why your election depends on how well you fit into the group as well as the quality of your writing...