Preface, by E. A. Tiryakian.--Lessons from Sorokin, by A. K. Davis.--Some problems for a unified theory of human nature, by M. J. Levy, Jr.--Christianity and modern industrial society, by T. Parsons.--Sociological dilemmas: five paradoxes of institutionalization, by T. F. O'Dea.--Sociological...

Introduction -- Organization, society and politics -- An Aristotelian perspective -- The politics -- The public good -- The rhetoric -- Talk and texts -- The Nichomachean ethics -- Decision making and ethics -- The Poetics -- Bolshevism to ballet in three steps -- What is "public interest"?: a...