The Mediocre Society and Aristotelian Balance Theory: A Sociological Understanding of Citizenship as a Balancing Act

How do people seek the good life, and how do they strive towards it? This book presents Aristotelian Balance Theory (ABT), a sociological and socio-ethical attempt to systematise questions of the good life, human flourishing and societal governance. ABT is developed here as a heuristic attempt at grand theory that could potentially serve as a federation for sociological research. 375,000 words.