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In a convincing indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society--violence, competitveness, inequality, and the national addiction to technology. Condemning the American obsession with privacy, cleanliness, and propriety, he demonstrates how the "Toilet Assumption"--the belief that undesirable realities will simply disappear if we ignore them--encourages Americans to avoid the chronic problems that threaten society.
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""The Pursuit of Loneliness" is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." - from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in "The New York Review of Books
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"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." - Kenneth Keniston in "The New York Times"
""The Pursuit of Loneliness"is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." Edgar Z. Friedenberg in "The New York Review of Books
"
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." Kenneth Keniston in "The New York Times""
"The Pursuit of Lonelinessis still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times"
-The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself.- - from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
-If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one.- - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
-A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches.- - Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times
"The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." - from the introduction by Todd Gitlin "If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." - Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times
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"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in "The New York Review of Books
"
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." - Kenneth Keniston in "The New York Times"
""The Pursuit of Loneliness"is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." Edgar Z. Friedenberg in "The New York Review of Books
"
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." Kenneth Keniston in "The New York Times""
"The Pursuit of Lonelinessis still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
"If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times"
-The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself.- - from the introduction by Todd Gitlin
-If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one.- - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
-A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches.- - Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times
"The Pursuit of Loneliness is still worth reading because it honors the mission of sociology not to train a caste of knowers but to contribute to society's knowledge of itself." - from the introduction by Todd Gitlin "If I had to select a single book by which to tell a stranger what life in this country has become and why, it would be this one." - Edgar Z. Friedenberg in The New York Review of Books
"A brilliant, sweeping and revelant critique ... An insightful, well-written, and thought-provoking book that illumines each of the many aspects of American culture that it touches." - Kenneth Keniston in The New York Times
In a convincing indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society violence, competitiveness, inequality, and the national addiction to technology.
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- Publication date1973
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