By Elie Cohen-Gewerc,Robert A. Stebbins
ISBN-10: 0773541284
ISBN-13: 9780773541283
"The individual," acknowledged Friedrich Nietzsche, "has consistently needed to fight to maintain from being crushed by way of the tribe. for those who try out it, you'll be lonely frequently, and infrequently anxious. yet no expense is just too excessive to pay for the privilege of possessing yourself." Elie Cohen-Gewerc and Robert Stebbins discover the line to discovering that privilege. They procedure individuality via interpreting its dating to freedom and being loose, and by way of defining and elaborating at the suggestion of relaxation area. additionally they examine individuality's position in group, citizenship, and globalization. The complicated dating among individuality and alienation is placed below the microscope to focus on the detrimental part of being designated, which has antagonistic results for the person and society.
There are many reports at the smooth person who centre virtually solely at the individual dealing with his local people and broader society. what's lacking within the literature - and what severe rest and Individuality offers - is a vast, finished exam of individuality, really because it is rooted in relaxation and the leisure-like components of work.
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