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Both professor Sorokin and Wilfred Wellock, Labor Member of Parliament form 1927 to 1931, deplored the present day materialistic economic system which deprives the mass man of the opportunity to develop his personality and spiritual powers. "The modern mass production system," stated Wellock, "which makes factory workers robots, takes away their individuality, by-passes culture and religion, and leads them to work like machines and play like devils...
Henry D. Aiken, associate professor of Philosophy, defended the sensate materialism denounced by Sorokin and Wellock, asserting that "we need not be ashamed...
Speaking on a subject announced as "Are We Going to the Dogs?" will be: Pitrim A. Sorokin, professor of Sociology; Wilfred Wellock, Labor Member of Parliament, 1927-31; and Henry D. Aiken, associate professor of Philosophy. As usual a discussion period will follow the speeches, with questions from the floor...
...Wellock, who is here from England on a nation-wide speaking tour, has lived in India, and while in Parliament was a member of the Select Committee for the Government of East Africa. He is the author of "Mechanistic or Human Society," "Which Way Britain?," and other books...
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