Reason, social myths and democracy
By: [by] Sidney Hook
Publisher: Humanities Press
Published: 1950
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Social sciences; Politics and government; Dialectic; Science; Philosophy; Democracy; Sciences sociales; Sciences; Philosophie; Démocratie; Politique et gouvernement; Demokratie; Glaube; Kritik; Mythos; Politik; Communism; Humanisme intégral (Maritain, Jacques)
Notes: "Reprinted in 1950 by special arrangement with Sidney Hook." -- Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Conflicts in social doctrine; title: ch. 1. Conflicts in ways of belief; title: ch. 2. Abstractions in social inquiry; title: ch. 3. Knowledge and interest; title: ch. 4. The folklore of capitalism; title: ch. 5. On ideas as weapons; title: ch. 6. Integral humanism; title: ch. 7. What is living and dead in Marxism; title: ch. 8. Reflections on the Russian Revolution; title: pt. 2. Science and mythologies of reason; title: ch. 9. Dialectic and nature; title: ch. 10. Science and the new obscurantism; title: ch. 11. Dialectic in society and history; title: ch. 12. The mythology of class science; title: ch. 13. The democratic way of life.