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After Success: Fin-de-Siecle Anxiety and Identity
Ray Pahl
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Description for After Success: Fin-de-Siecle Anxiety and Identity
Paperback. aeo An accessible sociological exploration of the problems affecting the majority of people living in modern societies, including the "successful" members of society. aeo Uses interviews with a diversity of successful people which provide highly articulate, vivid and memorable accounts of their lives. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
This is an accessible sociological exploration of the troubles many people face in a new age of anxiety, drawing on interviews with various "successful" individuals and examining the meaning of "success" today.
This is an accessible sociological exploration of the troubles many people face in a new age of anxiety, drawing on interviews with various "successful" individuals and examining the meaning of "success" today.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745613345
SKU
V9780745613345
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Ref
99-1
About Ray Pahl
Ray Pahl is a leading sociologist with an international reputation. He is the author of many books including Divisions of Labour, On Work, and After Success and has published numerous articles across a broad spectrum of sociological issues. Ray Pahl is Research Professor at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and Emeritus Professor of ... Read more
Reviews for After Success: Fin-de-Siecle Anxiety and Identity
'Outstanding ... the most clarifying work of sociology I've ever read ... essential.' Pat Kane, New Statesman and Society 'Stimulating analysis ... the great merit of Pahl's book is that his critique of post-modernist assumptions about the self and anxiety points up this misleading conflation of the soical and the psychological, and makes him aware of the misuses of 'tradition' ... Read more