Soc 405
“On Reason and Freedom”
1.
What is the fourth Epoch?
2.
Why does mills see both
liberalism and socialism as inadequate explanations of reality?
3.
What is the danger that
confronts the key values of freedoms and reason?
4.
What is the effect of increased
rationalization and reason on advanced societies?
5.
How does the individual cope
with these changes?
6.
What is “self-rationalization”?
7.
What does Mills mean by the
“cheerful Robot”?
8.
How can the crisis of freedom
and reason be confronted, explained and solved? How can historical studies
help?
9.
How does Mills redefine the
problem of freedom?
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