Alienation and Affect

by Warren D TenHouten

Book Overview

Alienation has objective, social-structural determinants, yet is experienced subjectively as a psychological state involving both emotion and cognition. Part I considers conceptualizations of alienation and affect in historical context, emphasizing Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, Simmel, and Weber. Part II develops a theory of the affective bases of Seeman's original five varieties of alienation - normlessness, meaninglessness, self-estrangement, cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036786990X
• ISBN13: 9780367869908
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"