The Mood of the World

ISBN-13: 9781509519941 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 120 str.

Heinz Bude

Opis

In many Western societies today the optimism of the 1990s and early 2000s has given way to a deep unease and a dark sense of foreboding. In the aftermath of the financial crisis, many people feel worse off and the future seems bleak. The mood has changed that s clear to everyone.

Recenzje

He s done it again! Bude once more takes the pulse of modern societies, focusing here on the power of mood and mood swings. In elegant, jargon–free prose, Bude demonstrates that sociology can still tease out and describe meaningful shifts in our societies. He shows that a critical anamnesis of the main societal conditions and drifts of our time constitutes the first step towards recovery, and perhaps even improvement.
Andreas Hess, University College Dublin

Bude resembles the pioneering Freud.
Financial Times

O autorze

Heinz Bude is Professor of Sociology at the University of Kassel.