Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society
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Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society
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- Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society
- Title remainder
- pathologies of a technological society
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Stivers
- Subject
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- Eenzaamheid
- Electronic books
- Information society
- Information society
- Informationsgesellschaft
- Interpersonal relations
- Interpersonal relations
- Isolation
- Loneliness
- Loneliness
- Personality change
- Personality change
- Psychosociale aspecten
- Sociale verandering
- Technische ontwikkeling
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects
- Technological innovations -- Social aspects
- Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
- Consumptiemaatschappij
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate i
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- Dewey number
- 303.48/33
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HM851
- LC item number
- .S75 2004
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- New social formations
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