THE NEW STATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COPYRIGHT, 1918 BY LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE 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 PART II THE TRADITIONAL DEMOCRACY XVI. DEMOCRACY NOT “LIBERTY” AND “EQUALITY”: OUR POLITICAL DUALISM 137 XVII. DEMOCRACY NOT THE MAJORITY: OUR POLITICAL FALLACY 142 XVIII. DEMOCRACY NOT THE CROWD: OUR POPULAR DELUSION 148 XIX. THE TRUE DEMOCRACY 156 XX. THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA 162 XXI. AFTER DIRECT GOVERNMENT—WHAT? 174