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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810320303321

Autore

Slater Philip E (Philip Elliot), <1927-2013.>

Titolo

The chrysalis effect : the metamorphosis of global culture / / Philip Slater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Brighton ; ; Portland, Or., : Sussex Academic Press, 2009

ISBN

1-78284-090-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (254 p.)

Disciplina

306.01

Soggetti

Social change

Globalization - Social aspects

Metamorphosis - Social aspects

Social history - 1970-

Civilization, Modern - 1950-

Social change - United States

Globalization - Social aspects - United States

Metamorphosis - Social aspects - United States

United States Social conditions 1980-

United States Civilization 1970-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [204]-232) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I - The Way It Works -- 1: In the Middle of the Bridge -- 2: The Way of Change: Purity Destroys -- Part II - The Effects -- 3: On Gender Concepts: Is Stupidity Masculine? -- 4: On Thinking: Becoming a Verb -- 5: On Authority: Getting Out From Under -- 6: On Our Psyches: The Illusion of Control -- 7: On Warfare: The Decaying Glory -- 8: On Religion: Back to Nature -- Part III - Where We're Heading -- 9: Is America's Decline Reversible? -- 10: Changing How We Change -- Appendix: The Rise and Decline of Control Culture: A Brief History -- Notes -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Shows that the chaos and conflict experienced world-wide are the result of a global cultural metamorphosis, one which has accelerated so rapidly over the decades as to provoke fierce resistance. This book



explains the metamorphosis of global culture whereby old cultural assumptions are challenged and innovations are seen as a social ill.