Fr. 32.90

Normal Chaos of Love

English · Paperback / Softback

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This is a brilliant study of the nature of love in modern society. Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim argue that the nature of love is changing fundamentally, creating opportunities for democracy or chaos in personal life.

List of contents

Introduction.
1. Love or Freedom.

2. From Love to Liaison.

3. Free Love, Free Divorce.

4. All For Love of a Child.

5. Eve s Late Apple.

6. Love, Our Secular Religion.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the author

Ulrich Beck wurde 1944 in Stolp in Hinterpommern geboren. Nach seinem Studium der Soziologie, Philosophie, Psychologie und Politikwissenschaft in München promovierte er dort im Jahr 1972. Sieben Jahre später wurde er im Fach Soziologie habilitiert. Sein wissenschaftliches Hauptinteresse galt dem Grundlagenwandel moderner Gesellschaften, insbesondere im Zeichen der Globalisierung. Er beschäftigte sich mit den daraus erwachsenden theoretischen, empirischen und methodologischen Fragen sowie den Konsequenzen und Risiken, die dieser Wandel für Wirtschaft, Politik, Kultur und Massenmedien nach sich zieht.§Seit 1980 war Ulrich Beck Herausgeber der Zeitschrift "Soziale Welt". Ihm wurden mehrere Ehrendoktorwürden europäischer Universitäten und zahlreiche Preise verliehen. Ulrich Beck verstarb im Januar 2015.

Summary

This is a topical and saleable theme, and should attract a wide general audience. Ulrich Beck is one of today's leading European sociologists, he is best known for his work The Risk Sociey (Sage 1992). This book will have a wide cross-disciplinary appeal.

Report

"This is a much-needed attempt to move beyond the accusations of personal failure that resound through what is called the "family values" debate. Trying to maintain close relationships in a modern individualized society, the authors show, is complicated by the gradual decline of the feudal relations between men and women that once structured family life at women s expense. Their depiction of this transformation is one in which we can all recognize our individual struggles, and yet also begin to connect our personal searches, failures and hopes to the larger forces they reflect." Myra Marx Ferree, University of Connecticut
"Well argued, coherent and supported by evidence ... [A] sharp and thought-provoking book, which was a real pleasure to read." New Statesman and Society

"Stimulating analysis." Work, Employment and Society

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