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Jul 01, 1990 | ISBN 9780807042014 Buy
Feb 02, 2016 | ISBN 9780807041789 Buy
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Jul 01, 1990 | ISBN 9780807042014
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In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society-violence, competitiveness, inequality, and the national ‘addiction’ to technology.
“The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society’s knowledge of itself.” – from the introduction by Todd Gitlin“If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one.” – Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books“A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique … An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches.” – Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times
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