Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first book, "The Pragmatic Revolt in Politics," published in 1928, contended that government must be concerned with social purpose...
...Project pioneered new concepts and directions for American theater. Many productions contained considerable political and social comment, focussing on the plight of individuals within the context of larger social problems. The concept of "Living Newspapers"--dramatizations of current problems and examinations of proposed solutions--was brought to the American stage...
...Thirties were an age that forced a sense of social connectedness, a realization of the impact of social forces on the lives of individuals, a discovery of the range and complexity of human emotions in those who had been previously ignored, and an attempt to communicate that discovery. At their best, the Theatre Project and the other Arts Projects succeeded in communicating these insights...
...Having overthrown feudalism and slavery and then outgrown its own personal and familial form, capitalism has evolved a new political ideology, welfare liberalism, which absolves individuals of moral responsibility and treats them as victims of social circumstance. It has evolved new modes of social control, which deal with the deviant as a patient and substitute medical rehabilitation for punishment. It has given rise to a new culture, the narcissistic culture of our time...
These seven divisions are the role of the university social and political affairs, minority and women's affairs, student life, student government and student-faculty-administration relations, extracurricular affairs, tuition, financial aid and admissions, and academics...