The Lonelinesses of Modernity: A Theory of Modernization as an Age of Isolation

Newiak, Denis

Modernity presents itself as an age of increasing social disintegration: secularization and rationalization, urbanization and globalization, individualization and digitalization make it difficult for communities today. Modernity comes with desirable promises that make it attractive, but it does not come free: Its price is escalating modern loneliness. Denis Newiak tells a cultural history of modernization that, from industrialization to the late-modern network society, produces ever new and harsher experiences of loneliness.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2025-01-04

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783658401436

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-40144-3

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 226