Alienation and the carnivalization of society

This book examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective, revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx, Simmel, Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society. It examines the escapist potentials for good and for ill in modern society - those fostered by commercial interests, and those maintained by individuals and groups as their form of resisting alienation. -- Book Description.

Year

2012

Language

English

Series

Routledge studies in social and political thought ; 73

Publisher

Routledge

Editions

8

Pages

193

ISBN

9780415888783

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