Shades of loneliness : pathologies of a technological society / Richard Stivers.

By:

Stivers, Richard

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1417503599
9781417503599
1283616262
9781283616263
9786613928719
6613928712

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shades of loneliness.DDC classification:

303.48/33 22

LOC classification:

HM851 .S75 2004

Other classification:

71.43
77.69

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Contents:

Technology, character, and personality -- Technology and stress -- Cultural and psychological conflict -- Culture and the neurotic need for affection and for power -- Compulsive and impulsive disorders -- Narcissism and depression -- Paranoia and schizophrenia -- Shades of loneliness.

Summary: In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate i.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In this incisive and controversial book, Richard Stivers rejects genetic explanations of psychological problems, arguing instead that the very organization of technological societies is behind the pervasive experience of loneliness. In its extreme form, loneliness assumes pathological dimensions in neurosis and schizophrenia, which reflect the contradiction between power and meaninglessness that characterizes modern life. Loneliness, in its many manifestations, seems to be the price we must pay for living in a technological world. Yet nurturing family, friend, and community ties can mitigate i.

English.

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