Books related to Individualism
  • Individualism Old and New (Great Books in Philosophy) by John Dewey
    Description : America's most renowned social philosopher John Dewey shines his powerful intellect on the serious public and cultural issues surrounding the place of the individual in a technologically advanced society. In this penetrating study, he addresses the fear that personal creative potential will be tramp...more..
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  • Individualism and Economic Order by F. A. Hayek
    Description : In this collection of writings, Nobel laureate Friedrich A. Hayek discusses topics from moral philosophy and the methods of the social sciences to economic theory as different aspects of the same central issue: free markets versus socialist planned economies. First published in the 1930s and 40...more..
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  • Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life by Robert N. Bellah
    Description : First published in 1985, Habits of the Heart continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book bo...more..
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  • Individualism And Collectivism (New Directions in Social Psychology) by Harry C Triandis
    Description : An examination of the differences between collectivists (those who view themselves primarily as part of a whole, and who are motivated by the norms and duties imposed by the collective entity) and individualists (those who are motivated by their own preferences and needs)....more..
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  • Sex and the iWorld: Rethinking Relationship beyond an Age of Individualism by Dale S. Kuehne
    Description : A pastor who is also a politics professor examines current issues pertaining to sexuality and society and asks, What kind of world are we creating? And is it the world we want to live in? With no finger-pointing, and a cordial openness to responses from all points of view, Dale Kuehne contrasts the ...more..
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  • The Myth of Individualism: How Social Forces Shape Our Lives by Peter Callero
    Description : Despite some popular arguments to the Contrary, American’s are like people everywhere: naturally social, interdependent, and shaped by social forces. The Myth of Individualism offers a concise introduction to sociology and soci...more..
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  • Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life by Robert N. Bellah
    Description : Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, demo...more..
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  • The Political Theory of Possessive Individualism: Hobbes to Locke (Wynford Project) by C.B. Macpherson
    Description : This seminal work by political philosopher C.B. Macpherson was first published by the Clarendon Press in 1962, and remains of key importance to the study of liberal-democratic theory half-a-century later. In it, Macpherson argues that the chief difficulty of the notion of individualism that underpin...more..
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  • The Taming of the Samurai: Honorific Individualism and the Making of Modern Japan by Eiko Ikegami
    Description : Modern Japan offers us a view of a highly developed society with its own internal logic. Eiko Ikegami makes this logic accessible to us through a sweeping investigation into the roots of Japanese organizational structures. She accomplishes this by focusing on the diverse roles that the samurai ...more..
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  • Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism (Public Management and Change series) by Barry Bozeman
    Description : Economic individualism and market-based values dominate today's policymaking and public management circles -- often at the expense of the common good. In his new book, Barry Bozeman demonstrates the continuing need for public interest theory in government. Public Values and Public Interest ...more..
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