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Toward a Good Society

A Relational Lens
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In Toward a Good Society, authors Tianjia Dong and Dongxiao Qin theorize a mutually empowering and growth-fostering society. The authors first demonstrate the feasibility of this society by grounding it in the framework of relational psychology. Departing from there, they travel along nine paths reconstructed from nine classic social science theories. In each chapter, they respectively reconstruct and find ways to move beyond Durkheimian structural-functionalism, de Tocqueville's communalism, Mead's symbolic interactionism, Freud's psychoanalytic perspective, Simmel's network theory, Smith's "invisible hand", Marx's class theory, Hobbes's contractualism, and Weber's rational-legal formulation. This leads them to propose a new Golden Rule that is as simple as it is profound and foundational to what makes a good society.
Tian-jia Dong is professor of sociology at Westfield State University in Massachusetts. Dongxiao Qin is professor of psychology at Western New England University in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Introduction 1. Relational Psychology: the Theoretical Point of Departure 2. From Symphony Orchestra to Jazz Ensemble-the path beyond Emile Durkheim toward Dynamic Freedom/Equality 3. From the Meetinghouse to the Commons -the path beyond Alexis Tocqueville toward Connective Democracy 4. From Courtroom to "Courtship"-the path beyond Max Weber toward Interactive Authority 5. From Big Leviathan to Little Mermaid-the path beyond Thomas Hobbes toward Relatable Justice 6. From Conqueror to Gardener-the path beyond Sigmund Freud toward Cultivated Morality 7. From Baseball to Basketball -the path beyond George Herbert Mead toward Interweaving Accessibility 8. From Web to Grapevine-the path beyond Georg Simmel toward Open Affinity 9. From Battle Field to Training Ground-the path beyond Karl Marx toward Co-Constituted Progress 10. From "the Invisible Hand" to "the Sensible Heart" -the path beyond Adam Smith toward a New Golden Rule Conclusion: Journeying on A Connective Path
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