The Limits of Idealism When Good Intentions Go Bad /

• Main Author: Fein, Melvyn L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 1999.
• Series: Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Business.; Management science.; Public health.; Education.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Education, general.; Business and Management, general.; Public Health.
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If the truth be known, I am only a partially reformed idealist. In the secret depths of my soul, I still wish to make the world a better place and sometimes fantasize about heroically eradicating its faults. When I encounter its limitations, it is consequently with deep regret and continued surprise...

Table of Contents:

• Idealism on Trial
• In the Name of Morality
• Messianic Stickball
• Dreams or Nightmares
• Extreme I: Radical Feminism
• Extreme II: Radical Civil Rights
• Extreme III: Radical Medicalism
• Luminosity Blindness
• No Respect.