Chapter III: Society and the Group

I. Introduction
1. Society, the Community, and the Group 159
2. Classification of the Materials 162

II. Materials

A. Society and Symbiosis
1. Definition of Society. _Alfred Espinas_ 165
2. Symbiosis (literally "living together"). _William M. Wheeler_ 167
3. The Taming and the Domestication of Animals.
_P. Chalmers Mitchell_ 170

B. Plant Communities and Animal Societies
1. Plant Communities. _Eugenius Warming_ 173
2. Ant Society. _William E. Wheeler_ 180

C. Human Society
1. Social Life. _John Dewey_ 182
2. Behavior and Conduct. _Robert E. Park_ 185
3. Instinct and Character. _L. T. Hobhouse_ 190
4. Collective Representation and Intellectual Life.
_Émile Durkheim_ 193

D. The Social Group
1. Definition of the Group. _Albion W. Small_ 196
2. The Unity of the Social Group. _Robert E. Park_ 198
3. Types of Social Groups. _S. Sighele_ 200
4. _Esprit de Corps_, Morale, and Collective Representations
of Social Groups. _William E. Hocking_ 205

III. Investigations and Problems
1. The Scientific Study of Societies 210
2. Surveys of Communities 211
3. The Group as a Unit of Investigation 212
4. The Study of the Family 213

_Selected Bibliography_ 217
_Topics for Written Themes_ 223
_Questions for Discussion_ 224