The pursuit of loneliness
American culture at the breaking point
by Philip Slater
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"The mother-son relationship is the focus of this major study of Greek family and Greek mythology. Greek women married early, were excluded from public life, and had little legal protection; yet females figure prominently in Greek mythology and the maternal goddesses are often represented as powerful and aggressive. It is Slater's contention that women in Greek society exerted a strong matriarchal dominance, which simultaneously encouraged and stymied the exploits of the fable Greed hero. Slater pursues the themes of narcissism and psychological ambivalence as he studies the myths of Zeus, Apollo, Orestes, and Dionysus; and particularly Heracles (literally, 'the glory of Hera'), whose several responses to his persecutory mother, Hera, exemplify every mode of response to maternal threat. In a concluding section, Slater suggests cross-cultural and contemporary parallels to the Greek situation, notably in the life of the American middle class today"--Back cover.
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Kulturwandel, Américains, Conditions sociales, Generationskonflikt, Nationale kenmerken, Conflit de générations, Civilization, Conflict of generations, American National characteristics, Social conditions, Sozialer Wandel, Culture, Social Psychology, Social Behavior, United states, civilization, 20th century, National characteristics, american, United states, social conditions, 1945-, United states, civilization, Greek Mythology, Mythologie grecque, Families, Famille, Women, Civilisation, Family, Mythology, greekPlaces
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The pursuit of loneliness: American culture at the breaking point
1990, Beacon Press
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The pursuit of loneliness: American culture at the breaking point
1976, Beacon Press
in English
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The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point
1971, Houghton Mifflin Co
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0807041815 9780807041819
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The pursuit of loneliness: American culture at the breaking point
1971, Allen Lane the Penguin Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-180).
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