This book was written mainly during the 1963/64 school year, which Becker spent in Italy. A revision took place in 1966. There were obviously some problems in getting this work published. Becker himself expected that it would be published in 1965 under the title ‘The New Unified Science of Man: A History and Theory,’ although his reference to the work at that time did not list a publisher. The book is divided into four parts. Part I, ‘The Science of Man as a Moral Problem–A Brief History,’ contains chapters one through four. Part II, ‘The Science of Man as Anthropodicy–The Convergence of the Disciplines in a Synthetic Theory of Alienation,’ contains chapters five through ten. Part III, ‘The Ideal Type–The Individual and the Community,’ contains chapters eleven and twelve. Part IV, ‘The New Science of Man–Retrospect and Conclusion,’ contains chapters thirteen through sixteen plus an epilogue and an appendix.