Emotion and Reason in Social Change: Insights from Fiction

by John L.S. Girling

There is undeniable evidence of powerful emotions at work in the political and social life of even the most advanced countries of the modern world. The aim of this book is to understand this emotional involvement, not directly, but imaginatively, through fiction. Nevertheless, critical situations - in economy, politics and society - determine whether emotionally charged social change is constructive or destructive. This is an entirely new approach...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230000193
• ISBN13: 9780230000193
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"