Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society /

In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stivers, Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2004.
Colección:New social formations.
Temas:
Information society.
Technological innovations > Social aspects.
Personality change.
Interpersonal relations.
Loneliness.
Loneliness
Interpersonal Relations
Société de l'information.
Innovations > Aspect social.
Personnalité > Changement.
Relations humaines.
Solitude.
Information society
Interpersonal relations
Personality change
Technological innovations > Social aspects
Informationsgesellschaft
Isolation > Soziologie
Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
Eenzaamheid.
Psychosociale aspecten.
Consumptiemaatschappij.
Sociale verandering.
Technische ontwikkeling.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Technology, character, and personality
  • Technology and stress
  • Cultural and psychological conflict
  • Culture and the neurotic need for affection and for power
  • Compulsive and impulsive disorders
  • Narcissism and depression
  • Paranoia and schizophrenia
  • Shades of loneliness.

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