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SOCIAL CHARACTER, TRIBALISM AND SOCIETY IBD

CHRIS SHILLING / PHILIP A MELLOR
BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC
10 / 2025
9781666972863
Inglês

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Chris Shilling and Philip A. Mellor argue that recent developments in social character are key to explaining the sectarian tribalism that has afflicted American and European societies in recent decades.Building upon one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, David Riesman?s The Lonely Crowd, the authors explore the social and economic conditions that have resulted in a ?thinning? of empathy and mutual identification, the significance of inequalities and social movements in stimulating the emergence of identity-directedness, and the opportunity-directed exploitation of dynamic social change, risk and uncertainty. Reflecting on an era marked by intensifying conflict, Social Character, Tribalism and Society asks whether it is possible that a ?saving remnant? could emerge from the characterological struggle that is fraying the social fabric and threatening to destabilise social order.