TY  - JOUR
AB  - It is basically argued that, as the world economy progresses and
the means of transportation and communication become increasingly
available, the interdependence among means and ways of life also becomes
inevitable and human relations tighten accordingly. However, though
every individual tends to follow the patterns and directions of his
(her) society′s way of living, he or she often conserves some
peculiarities which can be identified with his or her personality.
Individual and social behaviours are today becoming so interdependent
that it is difficult to demarcate between “privacy” and
“sociality”. This is particularly true in an advanced and
complex society in which conflict between private and social interests
is apparent. It is proposed that with effort this conflict can be
removed or at least attenuated by adopting a more pragmatic approach to
the humanistic economic system in which both private and social
interests are allowed to be traded off without one necessarily impinging
on the other.
VL  - 16
IS  - 8
SN  - 0306-8293
DO  - 10.1108/EUM0000000000445
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000000445
AU  - Thisen Jean K.
PY  - 1989
Y1  - 1989/01/01
TI  - The Private versus the Social Man
T2  - International Journal of Social Economics
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 35
EP  - 48
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -