A Creative Adaptation to a World of Rising Shortages By AMITAI ETZIONI
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Predictions for the future among intellectuals have swung in the recent past from an optimistic view of man's capabilities and a continuing abundance of material goods to a fatalistic pessimism regarding man's inability to respond adequately to current and imminent crises-the population explosion, limited food and resource supplies, and environmental pollution, to name a few. Among the various predictions, the only knowable aspect of the future is that it will be different from whatever is expected. The humanistic psychology of Abraham Maslow, while at odds with most current views, holds that man's immutable needs for love, dignity and self-actualization separate him from the rest of the animal world, though he shares many basic animal needs which must be satisfied first. A critical question is at what point man will shift his attention from "acquisitive" values to "postbourgeois," or nonmaterialistic, values. What effect will the recent economic downturn and energy crisis, as well as future shortages, have on society-a rededication to materialism, or the evolution of new societal values which de-emphasize consumption in favor of Maslow's "higher" goals?Amitai Etzioni isa Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Director of the Center for Policy Research. He has served on the Committee on Professional Ethics, American Sociological Association, and on the Executive Committee of the Eastern Sociological Society. He was a member of the editorial boards of Science, Social Policy, and Sociological Inquiry, and has contributed widely to professional journals, as well as to the New York Times and the Washington Post. He is author of Genetic Fix, The Active Society, Political Unification, and A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003