Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1994, Volume 42

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Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, 1994, Volume 42

The Individual, the Family, and Social Good: Personal Fulfillment in Times of Change

Edited by Gary B. Melton

Nebraska Symposium on Motivation Series

200 pages

Hardcover

July 1995

978-0-8032-3185-6

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Paperback

August 1995

978-0-8032-8221-6

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About the Book

The question of whether personal gratification is compatible with social good is one of the fundamental problems of motivation. The family, an institution that has undergone extraordinary change in the last generation, is perhaps the most profound context in which to consider this issue. This volume is tinged with prophetic concern about the state of contemporary family life and about the (un)likelihood of reconciling individual family members’ interests with those of the family as a whole.
 
The nine contributors’ backgrounds are diverse—anthropology, economics, law, and clinical, community, developmental, and social psychology—and their positions on the nature of motivation in families vary widely. Their views are often disquieting and sometimes conflicting as they offer provocative analyses of divorce, family violence, political transitions, and concerns of both Western and non-Western cultures.

Author Bio

Gary B. Melton is director of the Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina and professor of law, neuropsychiatry, and psychology. His books include Adolescent Abortion: Psychological and Legal Issues (Nebraska 1986).