Christopher S Swader

The Capitalist Personality

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

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Produktbeschreibung

This book reveals the ambivalent repercussions of capitalist culture on interpersonal relationships in the post-communist world. Most observers tend to blame modern corruption, narcissism, and egoism in these new market societies on their communist pasts. This comparative analysis shows how the capitalist present is also squarely responsible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 354g
• ISBN-13: 9781138920675
• ISBN-10: 1138920673
• Artikelnr.: 42203402

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