What is not so generally acknowledged is that the underlying and generative conditions of concrete behavior are social as well as organic: much more social than organic as far as the manifestation of differential wants, purposes and methods of operation is concerned.
This statement highlights the significant role of social factors in shaping human behavior and desires.
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But it indicates where the problem resides, whatever guise it assumes.
For the very familiarity with the phenomena conceals their significance and blinds us to their relation to immediate political problems.
If one wishes to realize the distance which may lie between “facts” and the meaning of facts, let one go to the field of social discussion.
The relationships of husband and wife, parent and children, older and younger children, friend and friend, are the bonds from which authority proceeds.