Time of the Tribes The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society

Name: Time of the Tribes The Decline of Individualism in Mass Society
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ISBN: 9780803984738

ISBN-10: 0803984731

ISBN-13: 9780803984738

Edition: 1996

Authors: Michel Maffesoli

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Do individuals construct their own identities in contemporary consumer culture? In this volume, one of the world's leading sociologists questions the idea that individualism is a defining feature of modernity. The Time of Tribes presents a new, truly sociological theory of modern identity. Author Michel Maffesoli contends that the insistence on the end of collective ideals conceals a complex state of affairs. He brilliantly demonstrates that while the old determinants of identity such as class have indeed faded, there are new tribal determinants. He shows how contemporary identities are now composed of a multiplicity of experiences, representations, and everyday emotions. Sexual, political,…

Book details

List price: $145.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 2/27/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Foreword



Masses or Tribes


By Way of Introduction


The Emotional Community


Research Arguments


The Underground Puissance


Sociality vs the Social


Tribalism


Polyculturalism


Of Proxemics


Appendix: The Thinking of the Public Square