Word: wagar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...author, a history professor at Wellesley, has addressed himself to a genuine problem. No one today denies that the world has its troubles, and an integrated world society has been a persistently proposed solution. Wagar's object--to examine the history of the concept in religion, the humanities and science--is praiseworthy, but the final result demonstrates too clearly his inability to manage material from such diverse sources. His information from the humanities is handled well; the religious philosophers get rather murky treatment, while many scientists are plainly misinterpreted. When Wager says, "biology teaches us that existence and increase...
Because his book is such a sprawling survey, Wagar never comes to grips with any of the many problems he envisions in world civilization. He hasn't time. Instead, he wriggles around stumbling blocks most of his readers would prefer to see confronted. He is notoriously relaxed about not defining his terms; he relies heavily on the Artful Equivocation and the prestige of the thinker he is discussing to make many of his more doubtful points...
...History and Literature. Also elected were Ann Gale, of Cabot and Glencoe, III., Biochemistry; S. Garelick, of Cambridge, History Literature; Judith L. Goldstein, of Center, Social Relations; Janet Martin of Holmes Hall and N.Y., History and Literature; C. Merton, of Cambridge and on-Hudson, N.Y., Social Relations; Patricia N. Wagar, of Holmes Hall Madison, N.J., History; and Susan Warram, of Boston, American History...