TY - JOUR AU1 - Burton, J.W. AB - dosius Mankind the its and its re- Dobzhansky’s Evolving system, environments, and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s is the common concern of contem- (1962), sponses The Evolu- scientists. Easton Phenomenon Man has of (1959). porary political pro- vided a valuable tool of for tion is seen as a cosmic the process embracing analysis One scientist for the and his civilization. nature, man, political and, indeed, prac- need not Halle’s titioner. accept literally prophecies as as to the direction of Easton seeks to exist just why history, explain systems critical scientists have serious reservations at all. In his search he deals with the input about the direction of evolution in the of demands into and the political systems work of Teilhard de Chardin. The fact of of in both cases input support, emphasizing social and cultural evolution and its the stress created within pos- systems resulting directions are two differ- from the volume and content of demands sible, conceptual ent and Professor Halle’s and from of This levels things, mythic altering support. is no more valid enables him to examine to stress projection scientifically responses Karl Marx. than the of and to throw some mythic projection light upon legitimacy, Man is TI - DAVID EASTON. A Systems Analysis of Political Life. Pp. xvi, 507. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1965. $8.95 JF - "ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The" DO - 10.1177/000271626636600118 DA - 1966-07-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/david-easton-a-systems-analysis-of-political-life-pp-xvi-507-new-york-wwqQQSdHqm SP - 150 EP - 150 VL - 366 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -