Based on the major characteristics of human social systems, a five-part typology of consciousness was developed: Survival, Stability, Sociability, Expertise, and Self. Man or Society can progress through these five stages; a review of research illustrates the relationships among the types. (JB)

By using this holistic approach the author believes that men will be able to construct a view of the development of man that synthesizes many existing separate human science approaches. The purposes of this conference paper are fourfold: 1) to give an example of how to begin to reformulate current intellectual interests in terms of a humanistic…