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"Material wealth is at record levels, yet disturbing social problems reflect a deep spiritual poverty. In this book, social psychologist David G. Myers asks how this paradox has come to be and how we can spark social renewal and dream a new American dream.".
"Myers explores the research on social ills from the 1960s through the 1990s and concludes that the materialism and radical individualism of this period have cost us dearly, imperiling our children, corroding general civility, and diminishing our happiness. However, in the voices of public figures and ordinary citizens he now hears a spirit of optimism.
The national dialogue is shifting - away from the expansion of personal rights and toward enhancement of communal civility, away from efforts to raise self-esteem and toward attempts to arouse social responsibility, away from "whose values?" and towards "our values."".
"Myers analyzes in detail the research on educational and other programs that deal with social problems, explaining which seem to work and why. He then offers advice, suggesting that a renewed social ecology for America will rest on policies that balance "me thinking" with "we thinking.""--BOOK JACKET.
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Social ethics, Communitarianism, Social conditions, Moral conditions, Anthropology, Economic theory & philosophy, Religion: general, Social theory, Applied Ethics, Social Situations And Conditions, Social Science, Sociology, USA, Social Psychology, Sociology - General, Wealth, Social Science / Sociology / General, Religion, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, United States, Conditions morales, Spiritualiteit, Wertwandel, Sociale problemen, 11.06 psychology of religion, Secularisatie (maatschappij), Communautarisme, Morale sociale, Moral, United states, religion, 20th century, United states, social conditions, 1980-, Materialism, Individualism, United states, moral conditions, United states, social conditions, 1960-Places
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The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty
September 1, 2001, Yale University Press
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The American Paradox: Spiritual Hunger in an Age of Plenty
May 1, 2000, Yale University Press
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