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Book SynopsisThis is Volume XXI of twenty-two in a series on Social Theory and Methodology. First published in 1958, this is a selection of essays on practical methodology when trying to answer the question of what are the new presuppositions of social thought which can do justice to the changes in social organisation. Mydral attempts to illustrate his repeated attempts to explore the logical, political and moral foundations of social thought and action, as he pursued diverse academic and political activities.
Table of ContentsPart 1; Chapter 1 International Integration 1 Appendix from An International Economy, Problems and Prospects, pp. 336–340, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1956; Chapter 2 The Relation Between Social Theory and Social Policy 1 Opening Address at the Conference of the British sociological Association, 1953. Reprinted from The British Journal of Sociology, September, 1953, pp. 210–242; Part 2; Chapter 3 Introduction to the Study the Negro Problem 1 From the Introduction to An American Dilemma ; Chapter 4 American Ideals and the American Conscience; Chapter 5 Valuations and Beliefs 1 Appendix I in An American Dilemma; Chapter 6 Encountering the Negro Problem 1 From An American Dilemma, Chapter 2; Chapter 7 Facts and Valuations 1 Appendix 2 in An American Dilemma ; Chapter 8 Facets of the Negro Problem 1 The following Chapter is a combination of summaries of sections of Chapter 3 of An American Dilemma and direct quotations from the same Chapter. It also incorporates summaries of some discussions from other Parts of the book; Chapter 9 The Principle of Cumulation 1 An American Dilemma, Appendix 3, pp. 1065–1070; Part 3; Chapter 10 Ends and Means in Political Economy 1 From Zeitsckrift für Nationalokonomie, vol. IV, number 3, 1933, translated from the German by the editor; Chapter 11 The Logical Crux of All Science 1 From Economic Theory and Under-developed Regions, 1957, Chapter 12;
