Landscapes of Abandonment

Landscapes of AbandonmentExamines the relationship of modern life, including modern capitalism, to feelings and phenomena of abandonment. Using social theory and cultural analysis, Roger A. Salerno explores the relationship of abandonment to the construction of contemporary capitalistic cultures. Beginning with an array of narratives on the emergence of capitalism in the West and its undermining of traditional social institutions and structures, he provides an overview of

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