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Cold Intimacies
By Eva Illouz
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Description
Eva Illouz rejects these conventional ideas and argues that the culture of capitalism has fostered an intensely emotional culture in the workplace, in the family, and in our own relationship to ourselves. She argues that economic relations have become deeply emotional, while close, intimate relationships have become increasingly defined by economic and political models of bargaining, exchange, and equity. This dual process by which emotional and economic relationships come to define and shape each other is called emotional capitalism. Illouz finds evidence of this process of emotional capitalism in various social sites: self-help literature, women's magazines, talk shows, support groups, and the Internet dating sites. How did this happen? What are the social consequences of the current preoccupation with emotions? How did the public sphere become saturated with the exposure of private life? Why does suffering occupy a central place in contemporary identity? How has emotional capitalism transformed our romantic choices and experiences? Building on and revising the intellectual legacy of critical theory, this book addresses these questions and offers a new interpretation of the reasons why the public and the private, the economic and the emotional spheres have become inextricably intertwined.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
144
Release Date:
2007-02-26
Publication Date:
2007-02-26
Publisher:
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0745639054
ISBN13:
9780745639055
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
177 g
Height:
138 cm
Width:
207 cm
Thickness:
9 cm
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