Thorstein Veblen, a Critical Interpretation
- 248pages
- 9 heures de lecture
Book by Riesman, David
David Riesman Ordre des livres (chronologique)
22 septembre 1909 – 10 mai 2002
David Riesman était un sociologue et avocat américain dont le travail a exploré les nuances de la conformité moderne. Il a distingué de manière célèbre les personnalités « orientées vers l'intérieur » et « orientées vers l'extérieur », arguant que la société américaine d'après-guerre poussait de plus en plus les individus vers ces dernières. Cette pression sociale, exemplifiée par la vie en banlieue, encourage la recherche d'approbation externe et la peur de l'ostracisme communautaire. Ironiquement, cette quête collective d'appartenance conduit à des groupes d'individus qui, malgré leur proximité, luttent pour trouver une véritable compagnie.
The Lonely Crowd was one of the most profoundly influential books of the time. Its now famous analysis of the "new middle class" in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opens exciting new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political, and economic problems that confront the individual in contemporary American society. "This book," the author writes, "is about social character and the difference in social character between men of different regions, eras, and groups. It considers the ways in which different social character types, once they are formed at the knee of society, are then deployed in work, play, politics, and child-rearing activities of society. More particularly it is about the way in which one kind of social character, which dominated America in the nineteenth century, is gradually being replaced by a social character of quite a different sort. Just why this happened; how it happened; what are its consequences in some major areas of life: this is the subject of this book."
Die einsame Masse
- 340pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Mit einer Einführung v. Schelsky, Helmut. N.-A.
