Personal Disorder and Family Life

by Peter Lomas

This work looks into how, why, and when people pursue things in life that they desire, those that make their existence attractive and worth living. Robert A. Stebbins calls this "Positive Sociology," the study of what people do to organize their lives such that they become substantially rewarding, satisfying, and fulfilling. Western society has many challenges: crime, drug addiction, urban pollution, daily stress, domestic violence, and overpopulation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560003413
• ISBN13: 9781560003410
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 262 Pages