1st Edition
Sovereign Individuals of Capitalism
228 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
In this sequel to their acclaimed The Dominant Ideology Thesis , the authors develop their analysis of the social and cultural underpinnings of modern capitalism. They confront a central assumption of western culture: namely, that the individual is sovereign, and that capitalism above all other economic forms depends on individualism. These ideas have an unbroken history from Alexis de... Read more
1. The Sociological Tradition 2. The Discovery of the Individual 3. Discourses of the Individual 4. The Bare Individual of Pioneer Capitalism 5. Cultural Contradictions of Modernity 6. The Dominance of Discourse?
Biography
Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill, Bryan S. Turner
