Excerpt from The Foundations of Social Science: An Analysis of Their Psychological Aspects In writing these books I have written not merely as a student for students, but for that increasing number of men and women who have a desire for some understanding of the society in which we live. Consequently I have taken pains to be clear, to avoid abstraction, to follow closely and concretely the processes which seem to me essential in human society. Inasmuch as this is the first attempt at an extended exposition of social psychology, the treatment must be more concrete than would otherwise be necessary. The nature of the subject, therefore, has encouraged the writer to ignore the distinction unusually made between the serious student and the general reader and to write more concretely than is usual for the serious student, and with more numerous citations and references than is usual for the general reader. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.