Who Will Survive? The Basics of Sociometry, Group Psychotherapy, and Sociodrama

The creativity of Jacob Levy Moreno, the creator of psychodrama, sociometry, and group therapy, as well as his scientific research and experiments, had a tremendous impact not only on the development of sociology, psychology, and psychotherapy but also on modern culture as a whole. His name rightfully stands alongside such names as Sigmund Freud, Carl Gustav Jung, Alfred Adler, and Erich Fromm. This book, dedicated to sociometric experiments, is referred to by Moreno's biographers as the 'Bible of Sociometry.' The author makes the reader a co-participant in his reflections on the structure of groups, their development, the emotional attraction and repulsion among their members, and the impact of these emotional choices on group dynamics and the subjective sense of well-being of the participants. Moreno was inspired not only by studying the trends and motives of intra-group choices but also by the possibility of influencing the expansion of these choices through the development of spontaneity. He was inspired by the dream of 'healing' the entire human community, seeing the possibility of solving social problems through the psychological planning of society. Only in this way can human society survive.