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.
| ISBN: | 9780415846011 |
| Publication date: | 27th February 2013 |
| Author: | Jerome Braun |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 214 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought |
| Genres: |
Sociology Social, group or collective psychology Social and political philosophy |