Melvin Tumin

Melvin Marvin Tumin (February 10, 1919 – March 3, 1994) was an American sociologist who specialized in race relations. He taught at Princeton University for much of his career. Quotes ... one may fairly say that what business stands for, ideologically insists upon and tries to get adopted as general principles of conduct, run directly against and reduce the chances of evoking affection and love as principles of relationship ... in promoting themes quite inimical to identification, affection, and significant membership, business thereby and to that extent tends to bring out, standardize, and reward the most unsocial impulses in man. "Business as a Social System", Behavioral Science, vol. 9, no. 2 (1964) p. 130. Reported in O. W. Markley and Willis W. Harman (eds.) Changing Images of Man (Pergamon Press, 1982) ch. 3, p. 54 External links Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:People from Newark Category:Princeton University faculty Category:1919 births Category:1994 deaths