It extends the work started but never finished by Pitirim A. Sorokin on the promotion and application of "integralist method" to analyze the socio-cultural phenomena, to propose new policy, to enhance the development of humanity from the culture point of view

It provides an unique cultural developmental perspective to examine the transformation of socio-cultural phenomena

It explores the relationship between Culture, Society and Personality presenting examples already proposed by P. Sorokin and new ones from different cultural contexts, focusing on the dynamics of socio-cultural phenomena

It overcomes the disciplinary boundaries and integrates sociology, psychology and social sciences

Autorentext
Prof. Emiliana Mangone is Associate Professor of Sociology of Culture and Communication at the Department of Human, Philosophic and Education Sciences, University of Salerno (Italy). Since 2010, she is associated to IRPPS-CNR of Rome (Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies) and she is a Director of International Centre for Studies and Research Mediterranean Knowledge. Her main investigative interests are in the field of cultural and institutional systems, with particular attention to the social representations of relationships and knowledge as key elements to the human act, and in migration studies. She recently published the following publications: (with Emanuela Pece), Communication et incommunication en Europe: l'exemple de la représentation des migrants, Hermès, 77, 2017; (with Mohieddine Hadhri), Intercultural Complexity of the Southern Mediterranean: Arab-Mediterranean Perceptions and Outlooks, Journal of Mediterranean Knowledge, 1(2),2016.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Prologue: The reasons for a choice.- Chapter 2. The Boundaries of Sociology and its relation with other sciences.- Chapter 3. Integral Theory of Knowledge.- Chapter 4. The Society and its Paradoxes.- Chapter 5. The Cultural System and Social Problems.- Chapter 6. Personality and Human Conduct.- Chapter 7. From creative altruistic love to the ethics of responsibility.- Chapter 8. Epilogue: Towards integral social sciences.