Postemotional Society
<![CDATA[Introducing a new term to the sociological lexicon: `postemotionalism', Stjepan G Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c argues that the focus of postmodernism has been on knowledge and information, and he demonstrates how the emotions in mass, industrial societies have been neglected to devastating effect. Using contempoary examples, the author shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action; how - in a world of disjointed and synthetic emotions - social solidarity has become more…
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- Full title :Postemotional Society.
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<![CDATA[Introducing a new term to the sociological lexicon: `postemotionalism', Stjepan G Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c argues that the focus of postmodernism has been on knowledge and information, and he demonstrates how the emotions in mass, industrial societies have been neglected to devastating effect. Using contempoary examples, the author shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action; how - in a world of disjointed and synthetic emotions - social solidarity has become more problematic; and how compassion fatigue has increasingly replaced political commitment.
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- Publication Date:1996.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):SAGE Publications
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1996.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (191 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781446264324, 1446264327
- oclc:on1058824549
- LC Classification:HM73 .M49 1997
- Dewey Decimal:302
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; Chapter 2 -- The End of Passion?; Chapter 3 -- Recontextualizing David Riesman's The Lonely Crowd; Chapter 4 -- The Authenticity Industry; Chapter 5 -- The Disappearance of the Sacred; Chapter 6 -- Death and the End of Innocence; Chapter 7 -- Conclusions: The Final Triumph of Mechanization; Index.
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