Chapter VI: Part V: Institutions

CHAPTER XXVIII

INSTITUTIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL

The Nature of Institutions—Hereditary and Social Factors—The
Child and the World—Society and Personality—Personality
versus the Institution—The Institution as a Basis of
Personality—The Moral Aspect—Choice _versus_ Mechanism—Personality
the Life of Institutions—Institutions Becoming
Freer in Structure 313

CHAPTER XXIX

INSTITUTIONS AND THE INDIVIDUAL—(CONTINUED)

Innovation as a Personal Tendency—Innovation and Conservatism
as Public Habit—Solidarity—French and Anglo-Saxon
Solidarity—Tradition and Convention—Not so Opposite as
They Appear—Real Difference, in this Regard, between
Modern and Mediæval Society—Traditionalism and Conventionalism
in Modern Life 327

CHAPTER XXX

FORMALISM AND DISORGANIZATION

The Nature of Formalism—Its Effect upon Personality—Formalism
in Modern Life—Disorganization, “Individualism”—How
it Affects the Individual—Relation to Formalism—“Individualism”
Implies Defective Sympathy—Contemporary
“Individualism”—Restlessness under Discomfort—The
Better Aspect of Disorganization 342

CHAPTER XXXI

DISORGANIZATION: THE FAMILY

Old and New Régimes in the Family—The Declining Birth-Rate—“Spoiled”
Children—The Opening of New Careers to
Women—European and American Points of View—Personal
Factors in Divorce—Institutional Factors—Conclusion 356

CHAPTER XXXII

DISORGANIZATION: THE CHURCH

The Psychological View of Religion—The Need of Social
Structure—Creeds—Why Symbols Tend to Become Formal—Traits
of a Good System of Symbols—Contemporary
Need of Religion—Newer Tendencies in the Church 372

CHAPTER XXXIII

DISORGANIZATION: OTHER TRADITIONS

Disorder in the Economic System—In Education—In Higher
Culture—In the Fine Arts 383