SOCIAL PROCESS BY CHARLES HORTON COOLEY PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS 1918 COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS Published September, 1918 [Illustration: [Logo]] CONTENTS PART I—THE ORGANIC VIEW OF THE PROCESS OF HUMAN LIFE CHAPTER PAGE I. THE TENTATIVE METHOD 3 II. ORGANIZATION 19 III. CYCLES 30 IV. CONFLICT AND CO-OPERATION 35 V. PARTICULARISM VERSUS THE ORGANIC VIEW 43 PART II—PERSONAL ASPECTS OF SOCIAL PROCESS VI. OPPORTUNITY 55 VII. SOME PHASES OF CULTURE 67 VIII. OPPORTUNITY AND CLASS 78 IX. THE THEORY OF SUCCESS 88 X. SUCCESS AND MORALITY 99 XI. FAME 112 XII. THE COMPETITIVE SPIRIT 125 XIII. THE HIGHER EMULATION 137 XIV. DISCIPLINE 144 PART III—DEGENERATION XV. AN ORGANIC VIEW OF DEGENERATION 153 XVI. DEGENERATION AND WILL 169 XVII. SOME FACTORS IN DEGENERATE PROCESS 180 PART IV—SOCIAL FACTORS IN BIOLOGICAL SURVIVAL XVIII. PROCESS, BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL 197 XIX. SOCIAL CONTROL OF THE SURVIVAL OF TYPES 209 XX. ECONOMIC FACTORS; THE CLASSES ABOVE POVERTY 218 XXI. POVERTY AND PROPAGATION 226 PART V—GROUP CONFLICT XXII. GROUP CONFLICT AND MODERN INTEGRATION 241 XXIII. SOCIAL CONTROL IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 255 XXIV. CLASS AND RACE 268 PART VI—VALUATION XXV. VALUATION AS A SOCIAL PROCESS 283 XXVI. THE INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTER OF PECUNIARY VALUATION 293 XXVII. THE SPHERE OF PECUNIARY VALUATION 309 XXVIII. THE PROGRESS OF PECUNIARY VALUATION 329