03669nam 2200745Ia 450 991082750340332120200520144314.01-351-91285-21-315-24737-21-283-31529-797866133152980-7546-9774-610.4324/9781315247373 (CKB)2550000000056356(EBL)793199(OCoLC)759871656(SSID)ssj0000539880(PQKBManifestationID)11334201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000539880(PQKBWorkID)10582069(PQKB)11369974(MiAaPQ)EBC793199(MiAaPQ)EBC5101740(MiAaPQ)EBC5101739(Au-PeEL)EBL793199(CaPaEBR)ebr10504664(CaONFJC)MIL331529(OCoLC)965543066(EXLCZ)99255000000005635620110429d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrParadoxes of individualization social control and social conflict in contemporary modernity /Dick Houtman, Stef Aupers and Willem de Koster1st ed.Farnham ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20111 online resource (196 p.)First published 2011 by Ashgate Publishing.0-7546-7902-0 0-7546-7901-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: The Myth of Individualization and the Dream of Individualism""; ""2 Agony of Choice?: The Social Embeddedness of Consumer Decisions""; ""3 Beyond the Spiritual Supermarket""; ""4 â€?Be Who You Want to Beâ€??: Commodified Agency in Online Computer Games""; ""5 â€?Stormfront is like a Second Home to Meâ€?: Social Exclusion of Right-Wing Extremists""; ""6 Contesting Individualism Online""; ""7 Two Lefts and Two Rights: Class Voting and Cultural Voting in the Netherlands, 2002""""8 One Nation without God?: Post-Christian Cultural Conflict in the Netherlands""""9 Secular Intolerance in a Post-Christian Society: The Case of Islam in the Netherlands""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""Paradoxes of Individualization addresses one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary sociology: whether a process of individualization is liberating selves from society so as to make them the authors of their personal biographies. The book adopts a cultural-sociological approach that firmly rejects such a notion of individualization as naïve. The process is instead conceptualized as an increasing social significance of moral notions of individual liberty, personal authenticity and cultural tolerance, which informs two paradoxes. Firstly, chapters about consumer behavior, computer gamiIndividualismIndividualitySocial conflictSocial controlIndividualism.Individuality.Social conflict.Social control.302.5/4Houtman Dick476495Aupers Stef1969-731902Koster Willem de1596113MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910827503403321Paradoxes of individualization3917330UNINA