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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462315703321

Autore

Mestrovic Stjepan Gabriel

Titolo

Postemotional society [[electronic resource]. /] / Stjepan Mestrovic ; foreword by David Riesman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-4462-5021-0

1-283-88167-5

1-4462-6432-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

302

Soggetti

Emotions - Political aspects

Emotions - Sociological aspects

Mechanization - Social aspects

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - The End of Passion?; Chapter 3 - Recontextualizing David Riesman's The Lonely Crowd; Chapter 4 - The Authenticity Industry; Chapter 5 - The Disappearance of the Sacred; Chapter 6 - Death and the End of Innocence; Chapter 7 - Conclusions: The Final Triumph of Mechanization; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mestrovic demonstrates how the emotions in mass industrial societies have been neglected to devastating effect. He shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action and how compassion fatigue has replaced political commitment.