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Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society / Richard Stivers

Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004

Online Ressource (xiii, 149 pages)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record

Erscheint auch als: Stivers, Richard : Shades of loneliness. - Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004 (Druck-Ausgabe)

1-4175-0359-9 ; 978-1-4175-0359-9

1-283-61626-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-283-61626-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 9786613928719 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6613928712 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-7425-3002-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-7425-3002-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-7425-3003-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-7425-3003-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 1030401256 (aus SWB)     

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

HM851

303.4833 ; 303.48/33     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: COM032000 ; bisacsh: COM 032000

LOC-SH: Technological innovations -- Social aspects ; Société informatisée ; Innovations -- Aspect social ; Personnalité -- Changement ; Relations humaines ; Solitude ; Information society ; Personality change ; Interpersonal relations ; Loneliness ; Technological innovations -- Social aspects ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; Information society ; Interpersonal relations ; Loneliness ; Personality change ; Technological innovations ; Social aspects ; Informationsgesellschaft ; Isolation ; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung ; Eenzaamheid ; Psychosociale aspecten ; Consumptiemaatschappij ; Sociale verandering ; Technische ontwikkeling

In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate i