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The Pursuit of Attention. Power and Ego in Everyday Life.
Charles Derber
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Description for The Pursuit of Attention. Power and Ego in Everyday Life.
Paperback. Illustrating "conversational narcissism" with sample dialogues, this book analyses the pursuit of attention in conversation - as well as in politics and celebrity culture - and demonstrates the importance of gender, class, and racial differences in competing for attention. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1ill. BIC Classification: 1KB; JFC; JMH; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 220.
"Enough about me," goes the old joke, "what about you? What do you think about me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the Oxford English Dictionary reveals a modern coinage to reflect the chase in our technological age: 'ego-surfing' - searching the Internet for occurrences of your own name. What is the cause of this obsessive need for others' recognition? This useful and popular volume, now in a second edition that features major new introductory and concluding essays, entertainingly ponders this question. Derber argues that there is a general lack of social support in today's America, ... Read more
"Enough about me," goes the old joke, "what about you? What do you think about me?" Hence the pursuit of attention is alive and well. Even the Oxford English Dictionary reveals a modern coinage to reflect the chase in our technological age: 'ego-surfing' - searching the Internet for occurrences of your own name. What is the cause of this obsessive need for others' recognition? This useful and popular volume, now in a second edition that features major new introductory and concluding essays, entertainingly ponders this question. Derber argues that there is a general lack of social support in today's America, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195135497
SKU
V9780195135497
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About Charles Derber
Charles Derber, author of Corporation Nation and The Wilding of America, is Professor of Sociology at Boston College.
Reviews for The Pursuit of Attention. Power and Ego in Everyday Life.
"A refreshingly balanced, strongly grounded exploration of the routines Americans exploit in competing for attention...."
American Journal of Sociology (on the previous edition) "A refreshingly balanced, strongly grounded exploration of the routines Americans exploit in competing for attention...."
American Journal of Sociology (on the previous edition) "Competition and individualism in America are fresh topics in his hands and he works out a ... Read more
American Journal of Sociology (on the previous edition) "A refreshingly balanced, strongly grounded exploration of the routines Americans exploit in competing for attention...."
American Journal of Sociology (on the previous edition) "Competition and individualism in America are fresh topics in his hands and he works out a ... Read more