Cooperation, Community, And Co-ops In A Global Era (international And Cultural Psychology)
by Carl Ratner /
2012 / English / PDF
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Globalization pressures have made cooperation on a global scale
both necessary and possible. But cooperation is not easy in a world
dominated by individual, cultural, and national selfish interests.
The opposition to cooperation means that cooperation is not
natural, but must be instituted through an intellectual and social
struggle against countervailing forces. This book discusses issues
that are necessary to describe the nature of cooperation and how it
can be promoted as a social and ethical ideal amidst a sea of
competing interests. Dr. Ratner uses the framework of
cooperativism, that is the system of social institutions, social
philosophy, cultural psychology and politics that promotes
cooperation, as a starting point. Elements of cooperativism are
derived from a rigorous analysis of various sources, including the
needs of tendencies of human culture and human psychology.
Globalization pressures have made cooperation on a global scale
both necessary and possible. But cooperation is not easy in a world
dominated by individual, cultural, and national selfish interests.
The opposition to cooperation means that cooperation is not
natural, but must be instituted through an intellectual and social
struggle against countervailing forces. This book discusses issues
that are necessary to describe the nature of cooperation and how it
can be promoted as a social and ethical ideal amidst a sea of
competing interests. Dr. Ratner uses the framework of
cooperativism, that is the system of social institutions, social
philosophy, cultural psychology and politics that promotes
cooperation, as a starting point. Elements of cooperativism are
derived from a rigorous analysis of various sources, including the
needs of tendencies of human culture and human psychology.