{"product_id":"after-success-fin-de-siecle-anxiety-and-identity-paperback-softback-9780745613345","title":"After Success; Fin-de-Siecle Anxiety and Identity (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745613345","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter Success\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFin-de-Siecle Anxiety and Identity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRay Pahl (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745613345, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 September 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Outstanding ... the most clarifying work of sociology I've ever read ... essential.' \u003ci\u003ePat Kane, New Statesman and Society\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Stimulating analysis ... the great merit of Pahl's book is that his critique of post-modernist assumptions about the self and anxiety points up this misleading conflation of the soical and the psychological, and makes him aware of the misuses of 'tradition' and over-socialised conceptions of the individual.' \u003ci\u003eWork, Employment and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A characteristically bold and provocative text ... extremely interesting.' \u003ci\u003eTime and Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'One of the most stimulating and relevant works I have read for a long time.' \u003ci\u003eSociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis is an accessible sociological exploration of the troubles many people face in a new age of anxiety, drawing on interviews with various \"successful\" individuals and examining the meaning of \"success\" today.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Mortality, the Individual and Society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Success in Shame Cultures and Guilt Cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Managing Without Success 1960-1990.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Styles of Success in Business.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Neurosis of Success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Success-Led or Anxiety-Driven?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Working for Self Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. From Hoccleve's Complaint to the Anxious Class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Seeking Balance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology \u0026amp; anthropology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20\u0026amp;%20anthropology%20%5BJH%5D%22\"\u003eJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52406536831256,"sku":"9780745613345","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745613345.jpg?v=1784139770","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-success-fin-de-siecle-anxiety-and-identity-paperback-softback-9780745613345","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}