HypermodernTimes(Themesforthe21stCentury)
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- 出版社 PolityPress
- 出版时间 2005年5月
- ISBN 9780745634203
- 定价 426.80
内容简介
Theterm‘postmodernity’hasbeenusedtodescribethathistoricaltransformationofthelate20thcenturywhentheinstitutionalbreaksholdingbackindividualemancipationdisintegrated,therebygivingrisetothefullexpressionofindividualdesiresandthequestforself-fulfilment.Buttherearenowsigns–arguesGillesLipovetsky,oneofthemostoriginalsocialthinkersinFrancetoday–thatwe’veenteredanewphaseof‘hypermodernity’,characterizedbyhyper-consumptionandthehypermodernindividual.Hyperconsumptionisaconsumptionwhichabsorbsandintegratesmoreandmorespheresofsociallifeandwhichencouragesindividualstoconsumefortheirownpersonalpleasureratherthantoenhancetheirsocialstatus.Hypermodernityisasocietycharacterizedbymovement,fluidityandflexibility,distancedmorethaneverfromthegreatstructuringprinciplesofmodernity.Andthehypermodernindividual,whileorientedtowardspleasureandhedonism,isalsofilledwiththekindoftensionandanxietythatcomesfromlivinginaworldwhichhasbeenstrippedoftraditionandwhichfacesanuncertainfuture.Individualsaregnawedbyanxiety;fearhassuperimposeditselfontheirpleasures,andanguishontheirliberation.Everythingworriesandalarmsthem,andtherearenolongeranybeliefssystemstowhichtheycanturnforassurance.Thesearehypermoderntimes.
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