Why do many problems throughout the world seem to be getting worse? Saving Society argues that a dramatic change in our mode of thinking is required. The authors show how many of our fundamental assumptions lead to an overly bureaucratic approach, blocking solutions to many of our problems. They contrast our present emotional repression and conforming behaviour with a more liberated form of perception, thought and emotional expression, which could allow us to break out of these bureaucratic routines. Saving Society shows how this alternative approach might lay the basis for more effective and democratic institutions.

Phillips, Bernard S; Christner, David

Part 1 Extinction or Evolution?; Chapter 1 Bureaucratic Problems Versus Human Possibilities; Part 2 Extinction; Chapter 2 "Head"; Chapter 3 "Heart"; Chapter 4 "Hand"; Part 3 Evolution; Chapter 5 "Head"; Chapter 6 "Heart"; Chapter 7 "Hand"; Part 4 A Vision of the Future; Chapter 8 Moving Toward an Evolutionary Worldview and Way of Life; Personal and Social Technologies;