Postemotional society

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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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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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

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

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvi, 170 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781446264324, 1446264327, 9781446250211, 1446250210
oclc:ocn657942890
LC Classification:HM73
Dewey Decimal:303.4

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Subjects

Apathie Bürger, Christa Cultuurverandering Emoties Emotionales Verhalten Émotions -- Aspect politique Émotions -- Aspect social Émotions -- Aspect sociologique Emotions -- Political aspects Emotions -- Social aspects Emotions -- Sociological aspects Gefühl Gesellschaft Mécanisation -- Aspect social Mechanization -- Social aspects Postmoderne Postmodernism -- Social aspects Postmodernisme -- Aspect social Riesman, David SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General