The Macat Analysis of David Riesman's the Lonely Crowd:

di Jarrod Homer (Autore)

Macat International, 2017

David Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd explores the links between social character—the ways in which members of a society are similar to one another—and social structures. He argues that as the United States became predominantly consumer-driven, rather than production-driven—particularly after World War II—American social character changed. While pre-war Americans had based their behavior on their own internal values and beliefs, post-war Americans were becoming other-directed, with external groups including peers and the media now a key influence on the way they behaved. Riesman’s work popularized sociology, helping to establish it as an academic discipline, and today it provides a fascinating window into the 1950s American psyche.

• Autore: Jarrod Homer
• Durata in (hh:mm:ss): 01:37:50
• Anno edizione: 2017
• Editore: Macat International
• EAN: 9781912284566

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