The Pursuit of Loneliness

by Philip Elliot Slater

Overview

In a convincing indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society violence, competitiveness, inequality, and the national addiction to technology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807041598
Publisher:	Beacon
Publication date:	05/15/1976
Edition description:	Rev. ed
Pages:	206
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Philip Slater lives in Santa Cruz, California. 
Todd Gitlin is professor of sociology at the University of California/Berkeley.

Editorial Reviews

Twentieth-anniversary edition of Slater's classic critique of American culture--including romantic love, violence, sex roles, drugs, the car culture, economic inequality, and materialism--with a new introduction by Todd Gitlin. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

"The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." – from the introduction by Todd Gitlin

"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." – Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books

"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." –  Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times

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