Wilfred M. McClay 
The Masterless [EPUB ebook] 
Self and Society in Modern America

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In this provocative book, Wilfred Mc Clay considers the long-standing tension between individualism and social cohesion in conceptions of American culture. Exploring ideas of unity and diversity as they have evolved since the Civil War, he illuminates the historical background to our ongoing search for social connectedness and sources of authority in a society increasingly dominated by the premises of individualism. Mc Clay borrows D. H. Lawrence’s term ‘masterless men’–extending its meaning to women as well–and argues that it is expressive of both the promise and the peril inherent in the modern American social order.
Drawing upon a wide range of disciplines–including literature, sociology, political science, philosophy, psychology, and feminist theory–Mc Clay identifies a competition between visions of dispersion on the one hand and coalescence on the other as modes of social organization. In addition, he employs intellectual biography to illuminate the intersection of these ideas with the personal experiences of the thinkers articulating them and shows how these shifting visions are manifestations of a more general ambivalence about the process of national integration and centralization that has characterized modern American economic, political, and cultural life.

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Wilfred M. Mc Clay is Professor and Sun Trust Chair of Excellence in Humanities at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 380 ● ISBN 9780807863299 ● Taille du fichier 1.7 MB ● Maison d’édition The University of North Carolina Press ● Lieu Chapel Hill ● Pays US ● Publié 2000 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5523842 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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