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Riesman argues that the emphasis in a "post-industrial, over-developed society" has shifted from production (work) to consumption (leisure). Because such a shift has occurred, utopian ideas and long range social goals must be reconsidered. Preoccupation with winning the cold war or beating the Russians to the moon provides no answer; nor can purpose be found in building more superhighways--these threaten to cut us to pieces. The threat of chaos necessitates conscious planning for the kind of society we want...
...Includes Utopian Ideas...
Abundance for What? puts forth some utopian ideas for reorganizing work and leisure patterns in America. The book encourages more though about a utopia. Riesman thinks that work for most of the world is clear cut: industrialization. For Americans, the notion of work is more complicated. Now that we've got the factories, what next...
...What is surprising is that violent disorders have not occurred more often in Panama. As a former Canal Zone resident, the pseudo patriotism of Canal Co. employees is still vivid in my mind. Their special American citizen "status" and Utopian living standards make our standard of living in the U.S. seem miserly...
...means of two-year junior colleges. Already 703 of them (425 public) enroll 25% of all college freshmen; by 1970 they may enroll 75% and become the academic minimum that high schools are today. "The goal of universal education beyond the high school," says the commission, "is no more Utopian than the goal of full citizenship for all Americans, for the first is becoming prerequisite to the second...