Christopher S Swader

The Capitalist Personality

Face-to-Face Sociality and Economic Change in the Post-Communist World

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Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary research has established links between capitalism and a pro-democratic, self-expressive, and tolerant political attitude. But if focus shifts from the public to the private sphere, to arguably the core aspect of human sociality, the face-to-face social bond, we can see how capitalist culture produces tensions that challenge face-to-face sociality in everyday life. Through case studies of China, Russia, and Central Europe, this book describes how capitalist culture tends toward the individualization of values in this sense, one that involves sacrifice, even for the economic "winners" of the transformation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415892216
• ISBN-10: 041589221X
• Artikelnr.: 32309321

Autorenporträt

Christopher Swader is an assistant professor of sociology at the National Research University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow. He teaches social theory, focusing on individualization and modernization, critical theory (the Frankfurt School), the life course, and historical sociology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Becoming Homo-Economicus 3. "The Wall in the Head":
Mechanisms of De-Socialization 4. The Chinese, Russian, and Eastern German
Contexts: Social Values and Economic Change 5. Individualism, Ambition, and
Work 6. "Get Rich First!": Materialism and Consumerism 7. Family
Relationships and Friendship 8. Morality, Religion, and Politics 9. The
Wild West? 10. Discussion: Ambivalent Individualization and Capitalist
Culture Appendix A: Methods Appendix B: T-test Results Appendix C: Results
on Social Values and Gender