Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism - Softcover

Bell, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0435820680 ISBN 13: 9780435820688

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books, 1979

Synopsis

The noted sociologist argues that the attitudes, values, and expectations engendered by capitalism have resulted in contradictory cultural tendencies whose increasing ideological incompatibilities threaten Western society's continuation

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From the Back Cover

Since its original publication in 1976, The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism has been hailed as an intellectual tour de force that redefines how we think about the relationship among econmomics, culture, and social change. Daniel Bell, the author of such other modern classics as The End of Ideology and The Coming of Post-Industrial Society, argues that the unbounded drive of modern capitalism undermines the moral foundations of the original Protestant ethic that ushered in capitalism itself. In a major new afterword, Bell offers a bracing perspective on contemporary Western society, from the end of the Cold War to the rise and fall of postmodernism, revealing the crucial cultural fault lines we face as the twenty-first century approaches.

About the Author

Daniel Bell is the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University and Scholar-in-Residence at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is the author of editor of 17 books, two of which, The End of Ideology and The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism, were listed among the 100 Most Influential Books since the Second World War (TLS, October 1995).

About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Publication date: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0435820680
• ISBN 13: 9780435820688
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 301