Alienation and the Carnivalization of Society

by Jerome Braun and Lauren Langman

Book Overview

This book examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective, revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx, Simmel, Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society. It examines the escapist potentials for good and for ill in modern society - those fostered by commercial interests, and those maintained by individuals and groups as their form of resisting alienation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415888786
• ISBN13: 9780415888783
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"