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Ralph Ketcham - Individualism and Public Life: A Modern Dilemma - 9780631157731 - V9780631157731
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Individualism and Public Life: A Modern Dilemma

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Description for Individualism and Public Life: A Modern Dilemma Hardback. In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCX; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
In the spirit of recent works such as Habits of the Heart and The Closing of the American Mind, Ralph Ketcham's Individualism and Public Life asks whether the individualism which has made possible so many of the material advances we enjoy may also be the cause of the shortcomings troubling our society today.

By tracing the development of individualism from its origins in classical and Judeo-Christian traditions, and enlisting the insights of East Asian cultures, Ketcham re-evaluates the individualism which characterizes contemporary American society. He then poses a new politics of the public interest, including revised ideas of citizenship, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631157731
SKU
V9780631157731
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Ralph Ketcham
Ralph Ketcham is Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

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