title: The Age of Passion Man.
abstract: Many observers from various disciplines of thought have commented upon the relatively recent appearance of a breed of individual characterized by impatient hedonism, relative psychopathy, and unstable self image. The author, feeling these individuals to be characteristic of the declining phase of this sensate culture, christens this individual, The Age of Passion Man. The author describes this childhood precursor to the Age of Passion Man, the omnipotent child, and shows how such children and persons have been characteristic of the declining phase of previous world cultures. Finally, the author examines modern speculation concerning the need for a moral reformation, the construction of an ethical state, if mankind is not to be destroyed by Age of Passion Man.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002668:Child Rearing; D006801:Humans; D007088:Illusions; D009014:Morals; D010553:Personality Development; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012922:Social Change; D012951:Socialization