The American Dream and the Popular NovelRoutledge & K. Paul, 1985 - 243 pages |
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Page 163
... felt that the simple individualism of the work ethic might not suit an age of large organizations and affluent living , he called for some reconstitution of its central ideas to keep alive the tension between individual and collectivity ...
... felt that the simple individualism of the work ethic might not suit an age of large organizations and affluent living , he called for some reconstitution of its central ideas to keep alive the tension between individual and collectivity ...
Page 172
... felt had replaced it . In their characterizations of the momentous changes they felt American society had undergone since the early decades of industrialization , Riesman , Whyte , and Mills looked back to a Protestant Ethic of ...
... felt had replaced it . In their characterizations of the momentous changes they felt American society had undergone since the early decades of industrialization , Riesman , Whyte , and Mills looked back to a Protestant Ethic of ...
Page 174
... felt that the new culture of the ' self ' had transmuted freedom itself , one of the central tenets of individualism , into an ideological prop for a voracious material- ism that threatened literally to destroy individuals and the ...
... felt that the new culture of the ' self ' had transmuted freedom itself , one of the central tenets of individualism , into an ideological prop for a voracious material- ism that threatened literally to destroy individuals and the ...
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the social context | 17 |
from entrepreneurial | 63 |
the varieties | 91 |
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