Die einsame Masse
- 340 Seiten
- 12 Lesestunden
Mit einer Einführung v. Schelsky, Helmut. N.-A.
David Riesman Bücher
22. September 1909 – 10. Mai 2002
David Riesman war ein amerikanischer Soziologe und Jurist, dessen Werk die Nuancen moderner Konformität untersuchte. Er unterschied bekanntlich zwischen „innenorientierten“ und „fremdorientierten“ Persönlichkeiten und argumentierte, dass die amerikanische Gesellschaft der Nachkriegszeit die Individuen zunehmend zur letzteren drängte. Dieser gesellschaftliche Druck, beispielhaft für das Leben in Vorstädten, fördert die Suche nach externer Zustimmung und die Angst vor sozialer Ausgrenzung. Ironischerweise führt dieses kollektive Streben nach Zugehörigkeit zu Gruppen von Menschen, die trotz ihrer Nähe Schwierigkeiten haben, echte Kameradschaft zu finden.
A study of 20th-century American society. Its now-classic analysis of the new middle class in terms of inner-directed and other-directed social character opened new dimensions in our understanding of the psychological, political and economic problems that confront the individual in society. schovat popis
Thorstein Veblen, a Critical Interpretation
- 248 Seiten
- 9 Lesestunden
Book by Riesman, David
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."
