“Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative.” SocialNovelExampleMinesAddressesNoirAffirmativeDysfunctionPathologyUpbeatSlice Of Life Author:Alexander McCall Smith
“The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology has failed worldwide. The U.S. movement Occupy Wall Street is a good example of this.” EndsSocialDemocracyStreetsExampleMovementWallFinancialIdeologyErasGood ExamplesFinancial MarketsOccupy Wall StreetOccupy Movement Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“You can give your Social Security check to any organization, public or private, or to individuals. You can donate it to your favorite political party. You can give the funds to a student scholarship - for your grandchildren, for example - or to somebody who has a medical need. Or you can invest your government check in free enterprise.” NeedsGivingGovernmentPoliticalIndividualSocialPartySecurityExampleStudentsOrganizationMedicalChecksEnterpriseFundGrandchildrenPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityScholarshipYour FavoriteFree EnterpriseDonate Author:Mark Skousen
“Universities are an example of organizations dominated wholly by intellectuals; yet, outside pure science, they have not been an optimal milieu for the unfolding of creative talents. In neither art, music, literature, technology and social theory, nor planning have the Universities figured as originators or as seedbeds of new talents and energies.” ArtLiteratureEnergySocialTechnologyCreativeTalentExampleTheoryPureOrganizationUniversityPlanningUnfoldingOptimalArt MusicMilieuNew TalentSocial Theory Author:Eric Hoffer
“Complaints about the social irresponsibility of the intellectual typically concern the intellectual's tendency to marginalize herself, to move out from one community by interior identification of herself with some other community - for example, another country or historical period... It is not clear that those who thus marginalize themselves can be criticized for social irresponsibility. One cannot be irresponsible toward a community of which one does not think of oneself as a member. Otherwise runaway slaves and tunnelers under the Berlin Wall would be irresponsible.” ThinkingDoeCountryWould BeMovingSocialCommunityClearExampleWallPeriodsMembersIntellectualConcernHistoricalSlaveOneselfTendenciesComplaintsInteriorsIrresponsibleBerlinIdentificationRunawayIrresponsibilityBerlin Wall Author:Richard Rorty
“Many Europeans, while admiring the strength and power of the American economy, undoubtedly feel that the system of social values which prevails in the United States, manifested in the acute problems evident in the inner cities and the level of violent crime, for example, leaves much to be desired.” FeelsStatesProblemValuesSocialLevelsUnitedCitiesUnited StatesEconomyCrimeExampleViolentEvidentAdmiringInner CityAmerican EconomyViolent CrimesSocial Values Author:Paul Ormerod
“But on the other hand, in discussion and debate concerning social issues or American foreign policy, Vietnam or the Middle East, for example, the issue is constantly raised, often with considerable venom. I've repeatedly been challenged on grounds of credentials, or asked, what special training do you have that entitles you to speak of these matters. The assumption is that people like me, who are outsiders from a professional viewpoint, are not entitled to speak on such things.” PeopleMatterHandsSpeakSocialIssuesMiddleSpecialPolicyExampleTrainingMathematicsRaisedEastDebateLike MeDiscussionAssumptionVietnamForeign PolicyMiddle EastOutsidersEntitledSocial IssuesViewpointsVenomCredentialsAmerican Foreign Policy Author:Noam Chomsky
“A highly worthwhile read with prescriptive examples for authentic sustainability and social justice initiatives at companies - not all about the brand, the celebrity or corporate self-interest (about the book 'Compassion, Inc.').” BookSelfSocialInterestJusticeCompanyCompassionExampleSocial JusticeBrandsCorporateWorthwhileSustainabilityInitiativeSelf Interest Author:Rebecca Aguilar
“People who feel insecure in social situations never miss a chance to exhibit their dominance over close, submissive friends, whomthey put down publicly, in front of everyone--by teasing, for example.” PeopleFeelsSocialChanceSituationMissingFrontsExampleInsecureHumiliationExhibitsDominanceTeaseSubmissive Author:Friedrich Nietzsche