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Evolution of Alienation

Trauma, Promise, and the Millennium

Herausgeber: Langman, Lauren; Kalekin-Fishman, Devorah

Beschreibung

Building on the Marxian view of alienation as the inevitable consequence of wage labor that divests human beings of control over their life forces, The Evolution of Alienation provides new insights into contemporary conditions. Contributors explore how alienation is fostered not only by television freak shows and shock music, but also by programmed schooling and even by some scientific theories. Others show that the contradictory relationships possible in some domains, among them, new technologies and domestic work, disclose niches of fulfillment that belie alienation.

Autor

Devorah Kalekin-Fishman is a senior researcher at the University of Haifa in Israel. Currently a member of the Executive of the International Sociological Association, she is past president of the ISA committee for Alienation Research and Theory. Dr. Kalekin-Fishman is the editor of the International Sociology Review of Books and serves on the editorial boards of Current Sociology, Intercultural Education, and the Mediterranean Journal of Educational Studies. Recent publications include a critical analysis of Ideology, Policy, and Practice: Education for Immigrants and Minorities in Israel (Kluwer) and an edited volume, Designs for Alienation: Exploring Diverse Realities (Finland: SoPhi Press). Lauren Langman is a professor of sociology at Loyola University of Chicago. He is past chairman of the Marxist Sociology of American Sociological Association and current President of Alienation Research and Theory, of the International Sociological Association. His recent publications include a special issue of American Behavioral Politics devoted to the presidency in a television age, the social psychology of nationalism for the Handbook of Nationalism, and alternative globalization movements in Sociological Theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780742518346
• ISBN-10: 0742518345
• Artikelnr.: 22159660

Rezensionen

The Evolution of Alienation takes account of the postmodern debate and the rejection in recent years of the concept of alienation, critiques that rejection, and makes a strong argument for the relevance for today of a broader, more cultural concept of alienation. This is a strong collection, broad in nature and with scholarly depth, that should appeal to a wide audience while also finding use in undergraduate and graduate courses in theory, social problems, and other core areas of sociology. -- Kevin B. Anderson, Purdue University For anyone who believes 'alienation' refers to the disempowering awareness of being an outsider in a society where everyone else acts as if they belong. This fine collection argues persuasively that it is the society that doesn't 'belong', and that 'alienation' plays a crucial role in helping us to understand why, and, with a little help from our friends, to exchange our alienating society for something far better. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. -- Bertell Ollman, New York University, and author of Alienation: Marx's Conception of Man in Capitalist Society