Breaking the habits of the heart
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6252292 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Love Brown (University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379-397 |
| Publication date | 1991-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0891-3811 • E-ISSN: 1933-8007 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08913819108443231 |
| OpenAlex | W2059613387 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 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
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Black Radicals and the Civil Rights Mainstream, 1954-1970
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Revitalization Movements
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |