TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stivers,Richard
TI  - Shades of loneliness: pathologies of a technological society 
T2  - New social formations
SN  - 1417503599
AV  - HM851 .S75 2004
U1  - 303.48/33 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - Rowman & Littlefield
KW  - Information society
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Personality change
KW  - Interpersonal relations
KW  - Loneliness
KW  - Interpersonal Relations
KW  - Société informatisée
KW  - Innovations
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Personnalité
KW  - Changement
KW  - Relations humaines
KW  - Solitude
KW  - fast
KW  - Informationsgesellschaft
KW  - gnd
KW  - Isolation
KW  - Soziologie
KW  - Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung
KW  - Eenzaamheid
KW  - gtt
KW  - Psychosociale aspecten
KW  - Consumptiemaatschappij
KW  - Sociale verandering
KW  - Technische ontwikkeling
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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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