Saturday 30 March 2024

Who are G. B. Shaw's 'Unreasonable People', that Bring Progress? | Chapter 11 | Recent Research Advances in Arts and Social Studies Vol. 6

In this work the author examines who are. G.B. Shaw's "Unreasonable Men" that may bring Progress to the world, and what means this term.  After describing today's Unexplainable Reality and referring to the Heterogeneous Nature of the Post-modern Society, the Author offers a Model of a society divided into two large heterogeneous groups: Squares and Stars. These abstract symbols hint on the general pattern of behavior, which characterizes the conduct of most group members.  The Squares are the 'Reasonable people', the majority, the 'common' 'the followers.' the Stars are the "unreasonable individuals' – the brave, unconventional and the Avantgarde. Further the Stars are divided into three subgroups: 1) the Rational Development Stars, 2) the Emotional Stars, and 3) the Impaired Stars subgroup. Unfortunately, due to known and unknown reasons, Shaw referred only to the first subgroup - the Rational Development Stars.  The Author than uses guiding quotes for assisting in analyzing the characters and features required for this type of individuals. Later the meaning of Progress was explored with the hope to find an appropriate inspiring description. Finally, the other two subgroups; The Emotional Stars – that were neglected because of unawareness and the Impaired Stars – that were dismissed because of unfamiliarity and ignorance, further were examined.


Author(s) Details:

Amos Avny,
Virginia-Tech 1944 US, Owner, Omnidev International Consultants, Yehud, Israel.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V6/article/view/13811

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