Author: Radhakamal Mukerjee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9781330075159

Excerpt from Principles of Comparative Economics, Vol. 2 Family as Social Unit. - The fundamental unit of civilised society is not the individual but the family. Without the family no other social groups are possible. The family leads the individual out of his seclusion, deprives him of his egoistic selfishness and lifts him to a more elevated selfishness in order that he can enjoy a higher life with his fellow individuals. In the family relation a man first of all learns to live for others. Without this discipline higher social relations are impossible. It is for this reason that the disintegration of the family is a menace to social existence. The family is the foundation of society; its disintegration threatens the foundations of social life. The individual by himself cannot act effectively in civilised society. By himself he cannot enjoy the fruits of civilisation. Social progress finds man in many social groups. Each of these groups moulds and re-shapes a man. It expresses and develops a particular phase of man's personality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.