Habits of the Heart, With a New Preface

Recipient of the National Humanities Medal, Robert N. Bellah is Elliott Professor of Sociology Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley. Richard Madsen is Professor of Sociology, University of California, San Diego. William M. Sullivan is Senior Scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Ann Swidler is Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. Steven M. Tipton is Professor of Sociology and Religion at Emory University and the Candler School of Theology.

"Habits of the Heart is, rare among works of scholarly origin, an outspoken and even emotional plea for attention to an argument, and a danger. Its power is in the passion of its analysis, the vision of us...narrowing the gap between the inordinate rewards of success and the not less inordinate punishments for failure, in economic terms, in the society."

• Preface to the 2008 EditionPreface to the 1996 EditionPreface to the First EditionIntroductory1 The Pursuit of Happiness2 Culture and Character: The Historical ConversationPart One Private Life3 Finding Oneself4 Love and Marriage5 Reaching Out6 IndividualismPart Two Public Life7 Getting Involved8 Citizenship9 Religion10 The National SocietyConclusion11 Transforming American CultureAppendix: Social Science as Public PhilosophyNotesGlossaryIndex