The Five Stages of Civilization: An Integrated Psychological and Psychoanalytic Perspective Vol. 2, Socio-cultural Development

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Have evolutionists been right about predicting our culture to move toward a more mature and violence-free society? Then when and how soon can we expect to arrive at the utopia?
For many decades, scholars of various fields have attempted to find a unified theory
that can explain the developmental path of our civilization.
The present author, trained in clinical psychology and social sciences, embarked on this grand project of finding the truth about our civilization.
This volume explores a compelling way to explain the movement of our civilization, which confronts us with an alternative reality to the evolutionary view.
It shows that changes in human society and culture as the collection of individual personalities are not an automatic biological or evolutionary process but rather a process requiring conscious human effort and proactive decision-making by individuals, parents, leaders, and policymakers.

This volume covers the 5-Stage answers to the following crucial questions in understanding socio-cultural development:

What is the future fate of our socio-cultural development or civilization?
What real-life evidence can we find to prove if our civilization results from evolution vs. conscious human choice?
What are the prevailing emotions and typical adaptive behaviors of a socio-culture as a group at various stages of development?
What are the typical business motivations at various stages? Are they power, achievement, affiliation, innovation, or anything else?
What will be our next shape of the economic system of capitalism in the future?
Why are the combined roles of economic and political systems critical toward successful democratization?
How do we understand political and legal justice in the developmental context?
What are the typical leadership styles preferred by a particular stage of socio-cultural development?
What are the shapes of violence, war, non-violent strategy according to various stages of civilization?
How do we understand gender roles, racism/prejudice, scapegoating in a developmental context?
Is it proper to ask which religion vs. what stage of faith are you in your religion?
What are the psychological motivations behind artistic creativity at various stages of emotional/ socio-cultural development?
Why are different cultures and people enamored with different movies? How do the movies and dramas of different stages portray their characters and themes?

Using the answers to these questions as a compass, parents, leaders, and policymakers will find the wisdom of first embracing their culture without judgment, realize it’s a slow process to change, but find the right direction to navigate it for the better and more mature future of our civilization.