Postemotional society

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

Mestrović 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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 1997.
Subjects:
Bürger, Christa > 1935- > Postmoderne
Postmodernism > Social aspects.
Emotions > Political aspects.
Emotions > Sociological aspects.
Mechanization > Social aspects.
Emotions > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Emotions > Social aspects
Emotions > Political aspects
Emotions > Sociological aspects
Mechanization > Social aspects
Postmodernism > Social aspects
Gesellschaft
Emotionales Verhalten
Gefühl
Postmoderne
Cultuurverandering.
Emoties.
Apathie.
Sociologische aspecten.
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Table of Contents:
  • The end of passion?
  • Recontextualizing David Riesman's The lonely crowd
  • The authenticity industry
  • The disappearance of the sacred
  • Death and the end of innocence
  • Conclusions : the final triumph of mechanization.

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