Postemotional society

by Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel

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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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Title Statements

  • Full title :Postemotional society / Stjepan G. Meštrović ; foreword by David Riesman.

Summary

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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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):SAGE
  • Place of Publication:London
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997.

Notes

Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 7 févr. 2014).

TRAITEMENT SOMMAIRE.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 ressource en ligne (xvi, 170 p.)

Edition Identifiers

  • oclc:ocn871960820
  • LC Classification:HM73
  • Dewey Decimal:303.4

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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Subjects

Émotions -- Aspect sociologique Emotions -- Political aspects Emotions -- Sociological aspects Livres électroniques Mécanisation -- Aspect social Mechanization -- Social aspects Postmodernism -- Social aspects Postmodernisme -- Aspect social

Writers

Meštrović, Stjepan Gabriel

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