The Capitalist Personality Face-to-Face Sociality and Economic Change in the Post-Communist World; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Permissions; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Becoming Homo-Economicus; 3 "The Wall in the Head": Mechanisms of De-socialization; 4 The Chinese, Russian, and Eastern German Contexts: Social Values and Economic Change; 5 Individualism, Ambition, and Work; 6 "Get Rich First!": Materialism and Consumerism; 7 Family Relationships and Friendship; 8 Morality, Religion, and Politics; 9 The Wild West?
10 Discussion: Ambivalent Individualization and Capitalist CultureAppendix A: Methods; Appendix B: T-test Results; Appendix C: Results on Social Values and Gender; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book reveals the ambivalent repercussions of capitalist culture on interpersonal relationships in the post-communist world. Most observers tend to blame modern corruption, narcissism, and egoism in these new market societies on their communist pasts. This comparative analysis shows how the capitalist present is also squarely responsible
