On the record
In social theory dealing with human nature, a certain fixed and standardized “individual” has been postulated, from whose assumed traits social phenomena could be deduced.
Said by
John Dewey
Source
gutenberg.orgJohn Dewey: “In social theory dealing with human nature, a certain fixed and standardized “individual” has been postulated, from…”
Editor's note · Context
Dewey critiques social theories for relying on a fixed notion of the individual, which oversimplifies human nature.
Share
More from John Dewey
But this conclusion is an obvious invitation to trial of forces to see where superior force lies.
There are even those who hold that the presumption is always that social loss will result from agents of the public doing anything which could be done by persons in their private capacity.
The local communities without intent or forecast found their affairs conditioned by remote and invisible organizations.
The invasion of the community by the new and relatively impersonal and mechanical modes of combined human behavior is the outstanding fact of modern life.