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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790240103321

Autore

Mestrovic Stjepan Gabriel

Titolo

Postemotional society / / Stjepan Mestrovic ; foreword by David Riesman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : SAGE, , 1997

ISBN

1-4739-4609-3

1-4462-5021-0

1-283-88167-5

1-4462-6432-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvi, 170 pages)

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Emotions - Political aspects

Emotions - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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.