THE NEW STATE
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THE NEW STATE
GROUP ORGANIZATION THE SOLUTION
OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT
BY
M. P. FOLLETT
AUTHOR OF
“THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES”
LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS
1918
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COPYRIGHT, 1918
BY LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION 3
PART I
THE GROUP PRINCIPLE
I. THE GROUP AND THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY 19
II. THE GROUP PROCESS: THE COLLECTIVE IDEA 24
III. THE GROUP PROCESS: THE COLLECTIVE IDEA
(_continued_) 33
IV. THE GROUP PROCESS: THE COLLECTIVE FEELING 44
V. THE GROUP PROCESS: THE COLLECTIVE WILL 48
VI. THE UNIT OF THE SOCIAL PROCESS 50
VII. THE INDIVIDUAL 60
VIII. WHO IS THE FREE MAN? 69
IX. THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM 73
X. SOCIETY 75
XI. THE SELF-AND-OTHERS ILLUSION 79
XII. THE CROWD FALLACY 85
XIII. THE SECRET OF PROGRESS 93
XIV. THE GROUP PRINCIPLE AT WORK 105
XV. FROM CONTRACT TO COMMUNITY 122