Postemotional Society

by Stjepan G. Meštrović

Book Overview

Introducing a new term to the sociological lexicon: postemotionalism′, Stjepan G Me[inverted ci]strovi[ac]c argues that the focus of postmodernism has been on knowledge and information, and he demonstrates how the emotions in mass, industrial societies have been neglected to devastating effect.

Using contempoary examples, the author shows how emotion has become increasingly separated from action; how - in a world of disjointed and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761951296
• ISBN13: 9780761951292
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"