Loneliness As a Way of Life

Informationen zum Autor Thomas Dumm is William H. Hastie ¿25 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship and is the author of Loneliness as a Way of Life (Harvard), A Politics of the Ordinary , and Democracy and Punishment: Disciplinary Origins of the United States . Klappentext ¿What does it mean to be lonely?¿ Dumm asks. His inquiry takes us beyond social circumstances into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. This book challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. Zusammenfassung “What does it mean to be lonely?” Dumm asks. His inquiry takes us beyond social circumstances into the deeper forces that shape our very existence as modern individuals. The modern individual, Dumm suggests, is fundamentally a lonely self. This book challenges us, not to overcome our loneliness, but to learn how to re-inhabit it in a better way. Inhaltsverzeichnis * Preface * Prologue: Cordelia's Calculus * I. Being * II. Having * III. Loving * IV. Grieving * Epilogue: Writing * Notes * Index

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Thomas Dumm, Thomas L. Dumm, Dumm Thomas
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 07.05.2010
• EAN: 9780674047884
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04788-4
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 140 mm x 212 mm x 11 mm
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Altro; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Ethics, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Depression, Social, group or collective psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy