Breaking the habits of the heart
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6252292 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Susan Love Brown (University of California San Diego, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1991 |
| Volumen | 5 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 379-397 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819108443231 |
| OpenAlex | W2059613387 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 24 |
The authors of Habits of the Heart believe that American individualism “may have grown cancerous—that it may be destroying those social integuments that Tocqueville saw as moderating its more destructive potentialities.” However, because they come to their research with an anti‐individualistic bias in place, the authors fail to acknowledge the role of either recent historical events or influences other than individualistic ideas in shaping American culture. An alternative explanation for the emergence of the isolated self and the incoherence of moral discourse in American life is presented. Both of these phenomena are viewed as temporary responses to a shift in American character
Character (mathematics · Culture of the United States · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Individualism · Political science · Sociology · Law · Philosophy · Political Theory and Influence · Psychology · Social Psychology
New Rules
Bearing the Cross
The inner American
L'Effondrement des Societes Complexes
Variations in Value Orientations
A Theory of the Origin of the State
The Open Society and Its Enemies
Law, Legislation and Liberty
The Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations
America's Quest for an Ideal Self
The People's Religion
Black Radicals and the Civil Rights Mainstream, 1954-1970
The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Women who Started It
America's Quest for the Ideal Self
The Division of Labour in Society
New Rules
The Principles of Social Evolution
Black Radicals and the Civil Rights Mainstream, 1954-1970
Revitalization Movements
On the Relationship between Size of Population and Complexity of Social Organization
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
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| Altamente citado | No |