Introduction 1. Individualism for Beginners 2. Was the Free Individual Just a Dream? 3. Living in a Privatized World? 4. On the Individualist Arts of Sex 5. The Self and Other Ethical Troubles 6. Surviving the New Individualism
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'It's not a business book, but these two sociologists have some
interesting things to say about the way we construct our identities
in the age of Botox.' Voted into the 50 Best Management Books For
2006 by The Australian Financial Review.'An inspiring
book.'.............Professor Ulrich Beck, British Journal of
Sociology'This thought-provoking book is essential reading for
social scientists.'..............Journal of Sociology'In The New
Individualism Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert have infused high
theory with a sense of what it means for everyday life. Blending a
discussion of theory with case histories they take us into the
heart of the contemporary dilemmas of globalisation, and the
growing inequalities--and awareness of these inequalities--that
create a growing sense of unease within even the most prosperous of
societies. This is an important contribution to the sociology of a
world marked both by increasing fear and unprecedented
consumption.'......Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, LaTrobe
University. Author of Global Sex and Gore Vidal's America.Bringing
sociology down to earth the authors force us to confront the
disturbing consequences of the new individualism. A powerful
account of the implosion of private life.'........Frank Furedi,
Professor of Sociology, University of Kent at Canterbury. Author of
Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability In An Anxious Age,
Routledge 2003.'The New Individualism provides us with an original
analysis of what is happening to our day-to-day life, and therefore
our psyches, under globalization [...] Clearly written and well
argued, this book will provide an important tool for anyone
struggling to come to terms with our complex
world.'..........Drucilla Cornell, Professor of Political Science,
Women and Gender studies and Comparative Literature, Rutgers
University.'The New Individualism remains the most recent and most
intellectually enthusiastic statement of an idea which, more than
perhaps anything else sociology has produced in the neoliberal age,
captures the spirit of that age.'
-Mark Carrigan, University of Warwick, in the Journal of Critical
Realism, Vol 9 No 3
'It's not a business book, but these two sociologists have some
interesting things to say about the way we construct our identities
in the age of Botox.' Voted into the 50 Best Management Books For
2006 by The Australian Financial Review.'An inspiring
book.'.............Professor Ulrich Beck, British Journal of
Sociology'This thought-provoking book is essential reading for
social scientists.'..............Journal of Sociology'In The New
Individualism Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert have infused high
theory with a sense of what it means for everyday life. Blending a
discussion of theory with case histories they take us into the
heart of the contemporary dilemmas of globalisation, and the
growing inequalities--and awareness of these inequalities--that
create a growing sense of unease within even the most prosperous of
societies. This is an important contribution to the sociology of a
world marked both by increasing fear and unprecedented
consumption.'......Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, LaTrobe
University. Author of Global Sex and Gore Vidal's America.Bringing
sociology down to earth the authors force us to confront the
disturbing consequences of the new individualism. A powerful
account of the implosion of private life.'........Frank Furedi,
Professor of Sociology, University of Kent at Canterbury. Author of
Therapy Culture: Cultivating Vulnerability In An Anxious Age,
Routledge 2003.'The New Individualism provides us with an original
analysis of what is happening to our day-to-day life, and therefore
our psyches, under globalization [...] Clearly written and well
argued, this book will provide an important tool for anyone
struggling to come to terms with our complex
world.'..........Drucilla Cornell, Professor of Political Science,
Women and Gender studies and Comparative Literature, Rutgers
University.
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