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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822377803321

Autore

Mestrovic Stjepan Gabriel

Titolo

Postemotional society / / Stjepan G. Mestrovic ; foreword by David Riesman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE, 1997

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : SAGE, , 1997

ISBN

9781473946095

1473946093

9781446250211

1446250210

9781283881678

1283881675

9781446264324

1446264327

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvi, 170 pages)

Disciplina

152.4

Soggetti

Emotions - Political aspects

Emotions - Sociological aspects

Mechanization - Social aspects

Postmodernism - Social 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.