How, and why, did the Anglo-American world become so obsessed with the private lives and public character of its political leaders? Marilyn Morris finds answers in eighteenth-century Britain, when a long tradition of court intrigue and gossip spread into a much broader and more …
This study explores how in recent years the Russian people have withdrawn their time and energy from public activities controlled by the state, and turned more to private life. Gorbachev's reforms, it is argued, are in part an official reaction to this trend.
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Vor dem Hintergrund der demographischen Realität setzen sich renommierte Fachvertreter aus Wissenschaft und Praxis mit der Bedeutung von Work-Life Balance für unsere Gesellschaft auseinander. Themen sind: Auswirkungen auf die Volkswirtschaft, auf die Privatwirtschaft und auf Ind…
Sociology of personal life
Risky Bodies and Techno-Intimacy traverses disparate and uncommon routes to explore how people grapple with the radical uncertainties of their lives. In this edgy, evocative journey through myriad interleaved engagements-including the political economies of cinema; the emergent …