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IV. SENTIMENTS, ATt.i.tUDES, AND WISHES
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TOPICS FOR WRITTEN THEMES
1. The Concept of Forces in the Natural Sciences.
2. Historical Interpretation and Social Forces.
3. The Concept of Social Forces in Recent Studies of the Local Community.
4. Inst.i.tutions as Social Forces: The Church, the Press, the School, etc.
5. Inst.i.tutions as Organizations of Social Forces: a.n.a.lysis of a Typical Inst.i.tution, Its Organization, Dominant Personalities, etc.
6. Persons as Social Forces: a.n.a.lysis of the Motives determining the Behavior of a Dominant Personality in a Typical Social Group.
7. Group Opinion as a Social Force.
8. Tendencies, Trends, and the Spirit of the Age.
9. History of the Concepts of Att.i.tudes, Sentiments, and Wishes as Defined in Psychology, Psychoa.n.a.lysis, and Sociology.
10. Att.i.tudes as the Organizations of Wishes.
11. The Freudian Wish.
12. Personal and Social Disorganization from the Standpoint of the Four Wishes.
13. The Law of the Four Wishes: All the Wishes Must Be Realized. A Wish of One Type, Recognition, Is Not a Subst.i.tute for a Wish of Another Type, Response.
14. The Dominant Wish: Its Role in the Organization of the Person and of the Group.
15. Typical Att.i.tudes: Familism, Individualism, "Oppressed Nationality Psychosis," Race Prejudice.
16. The Mutability of the Sentiment-Att.i.tude: Love and Hate, Self-esteem and Humility, etc.
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
1. Make a list of the outstanding social forces affecting social life in a community which you know. What is the value of such an a.n.a.lysis?
2. How does Simons use the term "social forces" in a.n.a.lyzing the course of events in American history?
3. In what sense do you understand Ely to use the term "social forces"?
4. Would there be, in your opinion, a social tendency without conflict with other tendencies?
5. How far is it correct to predict from present tendencies what the future will be?
6. What do you understand by _Zeitgeist_, "trend of the times," "spirit of the age"?
7. What do you understand by public opinion? How does it originate?
8. Is legislation in the United States always a result of public opinion?
9. Does the trend of public opinion determine corporate action?
10. Is public opinion the same as the sum of the opinion of the members of the group?
