| Postemotional Society Contributor(s): Mestrovic, Stjepan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761951288 ISBN-13: 9780761951285 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $266.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Political Science |
| Dewey: 303.4 |
| LCCN: 96-070410 |
| Physical Information: 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Introducing a new term to the sociological lexicon: postemotionalism′, Stjepan G Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c argues that the focus of postmodernism has been on knowledge and information, and he demonstrates how the emotions in mass, industrial societies have been neglected to devastating effect. Using contempoary examples, the author shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action; how - in a world of disjointed and synthetic emotions - social solidarity has become more problematic; and how compassion fatigue has increasingly replaced political commitment and responsibility. Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c discusses the relation between knowledge and the emotions in thinkers as diverse as Durkheim and Baudrillard |
Contributor Bio(s): Mestrovic, Stjepan: - Stjepan Mestrovic holds three degrees from Harvard University (in psychology, education, and theology) and a PhD in sociology from Syracuse University. He is the author of twenty books and numerous scholarly articles on classical and contemporary social theory, war crimes, and culture. |