Robert C. Hauhart

The Lonely Quest

Constructing the Self in the Twenty-First Century United States

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Produktbeschreibung

The United States is a country divided along lines of gender, economic inequality, educational level, and political affiliation. Drawing on a wide range of historical and contemporary research, The Lonely Quest explores the dilemma of constructing the self in the U.S. today.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9781138049598
• ISBN-10: 113804959X
• Artikelnr.: 54828933

Autorenporträt

Robert C. Hauhart is a professor in the Department of Society and Social Justice at Saint Martin's University, Lacey, WA. He is the author, most recently, of Seeking the American Dream: A Sociological Inquiry (2016) and the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Award to Slovenia for Spring, 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Preface: Is it Hard to Make Arrangements with Yourself?
1. Exploring Mankind's Past: Social Character under Tribalism, Feudalism,
and Early Industrialism. 2. Documenting the Divide: Social Division in the
Twenty-First Century United States. 3. The Social Self: Early and
Mid-Twentieth Century American Sociological Theories. 4. The Formation of
the Self under the Conditions of Globalized Capitalism. 5. Self Identity in
Field Studies in Twenty-First Century American Class Settings: Implications
for Modernist Theories. 6. Life Projects in the Twenty-First Century United
States: Rising Inequality, Global Capitalism, Neo-Liberal Government, and
the Great Recession. Conclusion. Individualism and Meritocracy: Prospects
for Constructing Self Identity under the Conditions of Twenty-First Century
Modernity. Index.