| Description |
xii, 331 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Choice : more than wanting to have your cake and eat it too -- 2. Behind the scenes of choice : the historical precursors -- 3. Free will and the vicious spiral of choice : who's in control? -- 4. Many branches, many worlds, and the splintering of reality -- 5. The blurring of reality -- 6. Postindustrial society : our break with history? -- 7. Decision making : is there a method to its madness? -- 8. Oppositions : Saussure, structuralism, and more -- 9. Freedom and existentialism -- 10. Risk : what it means to us -- 11. The individual versus the group -- 12. The turning point : the 1960s -- 13. High and low culture, subjective and objective mentality -- 14. From modernism to postmodernism -- 15. Postmodern manifestations, self-reference, and beyond -- 16. Critics of contemporary life -- 17. Societal problems and conflicts : where are we headed? -- 18. Have we been here before? -- 19. Policy implications, and conclusions |
| Summary |
"In The Era of Choice Edward Rosenthal argues that choice, and having to make choices, has become the most important influence in both out personal lives and our cultural expression. Choice, he claims, has transformed how we live, how we think, and who we are."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A Bradford book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-310) and index |
| Subject |
Philosophy and civilization.
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Culture -- Philosophy.
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Decision making.
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| LC no. |
2004062536 |
| ISBN |
0262182483 alkaline paper |
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0262182483 hardback |
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