Selznick resuscitates a promising humanist perspective in this gracefully composed, well conceived, thoroughly readable work. It proposes an admirable, 'human-friendly' orientation to the social sciences that is long overdue, and caps a distinguished career well-spent in clarifying difficult questions.
Alan Sica
Pennsylvania State University
A Humanist Science is a distillation of themes that underlie ... Read morea life of investigation and thought. A delight to read, Selznick's work reminds readers of the virtues of intellectual spaciousness and reach. Full of wise, thoughtful appraisals of what matters in social life, and what conditions allow us to thrive or serve to diminish us, it offers a program and example of how to think well about fundamental things.
Martin Krygier
University of New South Wales
The result of a lifetime of thinking about the conditions that facilitate or frustrate human flourishing, this work offers a brief and eloquent statement of Selznick's broad vision. It is original and stimulating, albeit controversial, and will be of interest to scholars in many disciplines. -Kenneth Winston, Harvard University Show Less