Sociometry and the Science of Man. New York: Beacon House, 1956.
First edition.
Octavo. [viii], 1-474, [6, ads for various Sociometry journals and books] pp. Publisher’s full black cloth, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Light rubbing to edges, else fine. No jacket, as issued.
First edition of this rare work on Sociometry (the relatedness of people within a given group, used not only to rate the behavior of a given group, but also to find a way of affecting positive change within that group).
“Choices are fundamental facts in all ongoing human relations, choices of people and choices of things. It is immaterial whether the motivations are known to the chooser or not; it is immaterial whether [the choices] are inarticulate or highly expressive, whether rational or irrational. They do not require any special justification as long as they are spontaneous and true to the self of the chooser. They are facts of the first existential order.†[Moreno]
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