Author

Publication

1953 - Beacon House, Beacon, N.Y, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

190,750 words, Guess

Page Count

763 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC301.15
  • LCCHM251 .M65 1953

Description

In approaching the contents of this book, the reader must not expect to find society or social groups considered as if they consisted of the sum of the individuals composing them. Wherever two or more people are functioning as a social group that group not only consists of those individuals, but, more important perhaps, if that is possible, than the individuals themselves and without which their functioning as a social group cauld not be expressed, are the relations which maintain between them. It is these intangible, imponderable and invisible aspects of the situation which enable the mathematical sum of a certain number of individuals to function as a social group. Dr. Moreno's book might he described briefly as a study of these relations between individuals. Dr. Moreno develops a technique for a process of classification which is calculated, among other things, to bring individuals together who are capable of harmonious inter-personal relationships, and so creating a social group which can function at the maximum efficiency and with the minimum of disruptive tendencies and processes. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Who shall survive?: Foundations of sociometry, group psychotherapy and sociodrama.Beacon House1953-01-01

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