The purpose of this book is to revisit the legacy of David Riesman, author of The Lonely Crowd, the biggest selling sociology book to date, and a highly influential public intellectual during the second half of the twentieth century.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Notes on Contributors; Introduction: David Riesman Past and Present- Peter Kivisto; Chapter 1 Interpreting the Crowd: Riesman's Methodological Writings - Raymond M. Lee; Chapter 2 Whatever Happened to Other-Directedness? Theorizing Social Character in an Era of Identity and Individuality - Chris Shilling and Philip A. Mellor; Chapter 3 Authority-Bound, Other-Directed: Adorno and Riesman on the Surrender of the Will - David Norman Smith; Chapter 4 The Lonely Crowd Revisited: Lonelier and More Empowered since 1950 - Lauren Langman and George Lundskow; Chapter 5 Transitioning to Anxiety: David Riesman's Contribution to the Incorporation of Emotion - Marcus Aldredge and Keith Kerr; Chapter 6 Constraint and Variety: David Riesman and the Sociology of Higher Education - Steven P. Dandaneau; Chapter 7 David Riesman, Politics, and Higher Education: From Cold War Liberalism to Neoliberalism, to Present-Day Illiberalism - Joseph Galbo and Miriam Jones; Index
