03567nam 2200733Ia 450 991096066540332120200520144314.09780791486276079148627397814175380721417538074(CKB)1000000000448714(OCoLC)61367831(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594984(SSID)ssj0000188760(PQKBManifestationID)11178361(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188760(PQKBWorkID)10155373(PQKB)11601844(OCoLC)56758061(MdBmJHUP)muse6058(Au-PeEL)EBL3408620(CaPaEBR)ebr10594984(DE-B1597)683928(DE-B1597)9780791486276(MiAaPQ)EBC3408620(Perlego)2674330(EXLCZ)99100000000044871420021107d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLandscapes of abandonment capitalism, modernity, and estrangement /Roger A. Salerno1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20031 online resource (282 p.) SUNY series in the sociology of cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780791458464 0791458466 9780791458457 0791458458 Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Capitalism, Abandonment, and Modernity -- Abandonment and Social Theory -- Psychology of Separation and Loss -- Fragmentation and Abandonment of Conscience -- Abandonment of Community -- Abandonment of Nature -- Dark Utopia: Globalization and Abandonment -- Notes -- IndexUsing social theory and cultural analysis, Roger A. Salerno explores the relationship of abandonment to the construction of contemporary capitalistic cultures. Beginning with an array of narratives on the emergence of capitalism in the West and its undermining of traditional social institutions and structures, he provides an overview of both the definition of and reactions to abandonment, analyzing its historical, social, and psychological dimensions. The author contends that abandonment anxiety and feelings of estrangement not only have deep psychological roots, but also important social causes and cultural manifestations such as a quest for security or a hunger for commodities. Salerno surveys important contributions of writers, artists, philosophers, and social scientists and how their work expresses this sense of modern abandonment. He also examines how and why this phenomenon has become a central motif in renderings of community, the environment, and the process of globalization and presents a richer understanding of our modern social condition.Social integrationMarginality, SocialCapitalismSocial aspectsAlienation (Philosophy)Social integration.Marginality, Social.CapitalismSocial aspects.Alienation (Philosophy)302.5/44Salerno Roger A1083243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960665403321Landscapes of abandonment4361266UNINA