Half-hours with the W.E.A.

Radio Record, Volume V, Issue 51, 1 July 1932, Page 27

Half-hours with the W.E.A.

' "The Individual and the Community." "THE following is an outline of a talk to be delivered by Mr. H. C. Becroft, M.A., from 1YA on. Thursday, June 30, on "The Individual and the Community." : It is the last of a series of four talks on’ "Psychology To-day." The’ relation of the individual- to society is the root of every social problem. Individual not related to community as part to whole. This idea is based upon the assumption that the. boundaries of the self ‘are fixed. The meaning of the realisation of individuality ; wrong conceptions analysed. Two trends within social psychology. ‘ The systematic nature of mind-a crowd not the true type of collective mind.: Meaning of. the group mind and the general will. The laws, customs and institutions of society; historical retrospect; the situation to-day. Some reflections on social institutions.