The Lonely Quest: Constructing the Self in the Twenty-First Century United States

ISBN-13: 9781138049598 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 228 str.

Robert C. Hauhart

Opis

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.

Spis treści

 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.

O autorze

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.