ISBN:
1417538074
,
9781417538072
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (ix, 270 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
SUNY series in the sociology of culture
Parallel Title:
Print version Landscapes of abandonment
DDC:
302.544
Keywords:
Capitalism Social aspects
;
Social integration
;
Marginality, Social
;
Alienation (Philosophy)
;
Capitalism Social aspects
;
Alienation (Philosophy)
;
Capitalism Social aspects
;
Marginality, Social
;
Social integration
;
PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology
;
Alienation (Philosophy)
;
Capitalism ; Social aspects
;
Marginality, Social
;
Social integration
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"Using 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."--Jacket
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note:Introduction: The Landscape of Abandonment --Ch. 1Capitalism, Abandonment, and Modernity --Ch. 2Abandonment and Social Theory --Ch. 3Psychology of Separation and Loss --Ch. 4Fragmentation and Abandonment of Conscience --Ch. 5Abandonment of Community --Ch. 6Abandonment of Nature --Ch. 7Dark Utopia: Globalization and Abandonment.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index. - Description based on print version record
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