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Shades of Loneliness
Pathologies of a Technological Society
Häftad, 2004
460 kr
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To varying degrees, loneliness has us all in its grip. In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects the recent emphasis on genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of …
Illusion of Freedom and Equality
Häftad, 2009
521 kr
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Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.Arguing that the ideology of freedom and equality today bears little resemblance to its eighteenth-century counterpart, Richard Stivers examines how these values have been radically transformed in a …
Evil in Modern Myth and Ritual
E-bok, 2020
390 kr
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Richard Stivers' concern is with the social construction of evil, that is, with how modern societies, in a partly unconscious way, create evil as a category of the sacred and how symbols, myths, and rituals of evil are related to this. He is interested, moreover, in how modern societies provoke …
Hair of the Dog
Irish Drinking and Its American Stereotype
E-bok, 2019
464 kr
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"e;Not only is this study meticulous in its methodology and insightful in its perceptions, but it is remarkable in its very successful interdisciplinary approach. A must for students of Irish and Irish American Studies."e;--Emmet Larkin, The University of Chicago"e;A work of great …
Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture
Häftad, 2020
285 kr
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Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture
Inbunden, 2020
479 kr
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Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture
E-bok, 2020
458 kr
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The Media Creates Us in Its Image and Other Essays on Technology and Culture proposes that modern technology seriously influences every aspect of culture and personality. Technology shapes our beliefs and values and even how we think of ourselves. It affects religion, morality, education, language, …
Culture of Cynicism
American Morality in Decline
Häftad, 1994
570 kr
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In 1987, Professor Richard Stivers was the recipient of an Earhart Foundation research fellowship to undertake a study of American morality. The Culture of Cynicism is the result. It is not only the most wide-ranging book yet written on the subject, tracing the intellectual history of American …
Religion in America Today
Av J. M. van der Laan, Richard Stivers
E-bok, 2021
329 kr
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Religion in American Today describes how sacred powers and secular religions have overtaken and infiltrated Christianity. Secular religion is now dominant in America: It assumes the forms of personal religion and political religion. Christianity makes its living within the confines of these secular …
Illusion of Freedom and Equality
Inbunden, 2008
1111 kr
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Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.Arguing that the ideology of freedom and equality today bears little resemblance to its eighteenth-century counterpart, Richard Stivers examines how these values have been radically transformed in a …
