Eva Illouz - Böcker

Över hela världen angrips demokratin av olika populistiska rörelser och ideologier. Och över hela världen ställs man också inför samma politiska gåta: Hur kommer det sig att populistiska ledare, som inte tvekar att fördjupa samhälleliga klyftor oc...

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"På sätt och vis började jag skriva denna bok i tankarna redan som ung. Den är resultatet av hundratals, kanske tusentals samtal med nära vänner och främlingar som gjort mig häpen och förbryllad över det kaos som präglar vår tids romantiska o...

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Throughout the world, democracy is under assault from various populist movements and ideologies. And, throughout the world, the same enigma: why is it that political figures or governments, who have no qualms about aggravating social inequalities,...

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Med den möjlighet till impulsivt shoppingbeteende som Tinder och andra dejtingappar ger, är det kanske inte så konstigt om potentiella kärleksrelationer inte alltid får chansen att bli mer än potentiella. Och även om de skulle förverkligas kan de ...

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Sexualiteten har alltid varit en del av samhället och påverkats av sociala krafter. I dag, i den senmoderna världen, är den lika sammanflätad med ekonomin som den tidigare har varit med religionen. Så det är kanske inte så konstigt att man har bör...

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Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming ...

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Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in peoples lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us, the feverish waiting for a phone call or an email, the thrill that runs down ...

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It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to...

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This book does to sex what other sociologists did to culture: it shows that sex, no longer defined by religion, now plays a role in the economy and can yield tangible benefits in the realms of money, status, and occupation. How do people accumulat...

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The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture - from "The Sopranos" to "Oprah", from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. &...

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Vår samtid påminner oss ständigt om att vi kan bli bättre versioner av oss själva. Vi kan anlita en coach, gå i terapi, läsa självhjälpslitteratur eller skriva in oss på en kurs i mindfulness. Vid sidan av arbetet på en alltmer prekär arbetsmarkna...

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The imperative of happiness dictates the conduct and direction of our lives. There is no escape from the tyranny of positivity. But is happiness the supreme good that all of us should pursue? So says a new breed of so-called happiness experts, wit...

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Warum tut Liebe weh, jedenfalls gelegentlich? Gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen dem Liebeskummer in vormodernen Zeiten und der Art und Weise, wie wir ihn heute erfahren und damit umgehen? »Ja«, sagt Eva Illouz, die Meisterin der soziologischen An...

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Ist es für einen Herrscher besser, geliebt oder gefürchtet zu werden? Da sich beides schwer vereinen lasse, gibt Machiavelli in Der Fürst , seiner berühmten Abhandlung zu den Grundsätzen der Staatsräson, der Furcht den Vorrang. In ihrem neuen Buch...

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From its beginnings in Twilight fan-fiction to its record-breaking sales as an e-book and paperback, the story of the erotic romance novel Fifty Shades of Grey and its two sequels is both unusual and fascinating. Having sold over seventy million c...

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Oprah Winfrey is the protagonist of the story to be told here, but this book has broader intentions, begins Eva Illouz in this original examination of how and why this talk show host has become a pervasive symbol in American culture. Unlike studie...

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Oprah Winfrey is the protagonist of the story to be told here, but this book has broader intentions, begins Eva Illouz in this original examination of how and why this talk show host has become a pervasive symbol in American culture. Unlike studie...

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Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an unprecedented intensification of emotional life. This raises the question:...

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To what extent are our most romantic moments determined by the portrayal of love in film and on TV? Is a walk on a moonlit beach a moment of perfect romance or simply a simulation of the familiar ideal seen again and again on billboards and movie ...

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The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture-from The Sopranos to Oprah, from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. Saving the Modern Soul exam...

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It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to...

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It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic rationality; that economic behavior conflicts with intimate, authentic relationships; that the public and private spheres are irremediably opposed to...

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Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming ...

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Few of us have been spared the agonies of intimate relationships. They come in many shapes: loving a man or a woman who will not commit to us, being heartbroken when we're abandoned by a lover, engaging in Sisyphean internet searches, coming back ...

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Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an unprecedented intensification of emotional life. This raises the question:...

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Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an unprecedented intensification of emotional life. This raises the question:...

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Capitalism has made rationality into a pervasive feature of human action and yet, far from heralding a loss of emotionality, capitalist culture has been accompanied with an unprecedented intensification of emotional life. This raises the question:...

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The imperative of happiness dictates the conduct and direction of our lives. There is no escape from the tyranny of positivity. But is happiness the supreme good that all of us should pursue? So says a new breed of so-called happiness experts, wit...

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The imperative of happiness dictates the conduct and direction of our lives. There is no escape from the tyranny of positivity. But is happiness the supreme good that all of us should pursue? So says a new breed of so-called happiness experts, wit...

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