The sixty-two papers composing this volume were prepared as a symposium for the Seventh Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion in Their Relation to the Democratic Way of Life, which was held at the University of Chicago in September, 1946.

The various papers cover a wide range of special topics within the stated framework and are presented by well known authorities. The contributions have been grouped under the following general headings: The Nature of Western Culture with Particular Reference to the Tendency Toward Aggressiveness; The Transmission and Transformation of Culture and the Relation of These Processes to the Problem of Aggressiveness; Problems of the Integration of Human Culture; Effects of Religion and Other Social and Cultural Influences Upon Power Relations; Ideas and Ideals as Sources of Power in the Modern World; The Role of Political Power as Divisive and as Integrating Factor in Western Culture; and Culture and Power in the Modern World.