The new individualism is quite different from that of the nineteenth century, which stressed self-control, discipline, and traditional group values. Modern individualism focuses on the individual as the starting and ending point of life and assumes a wide zone of choice. Choice is vital, fundamental: the right to develop oneself, to build up a life uniquely suited to oneself through free, open selection among forms, models, and lifestyles. With striking clarity and force, Friedman demonstrates how the new individualism results from changes in the technological and social framework of society. Loose, unconnected, free-floating, mobile: this is the modern individual, at least in comparison with the immediate past.
Written for the general reader as well as lawyers and legal scholars, "The Republic of Choice" offers keen and original observations about legal culture and the public consciousness that informs and expresses it.
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The new individualism is quite different from that of the nineteenth century, which stressed self-control, discipline, and traditional group values. Modern individualism focuses on the individual as the starting and ending point of life and assumes a wide zone of choice. Choice is vital, fundamental: the right to develop oneself, to build up a life uniquely suited to oneself through free, open selection among forms, models, and lifestyles. With striking clarity and force, Friedman demonstrates how the new individualism results from changes in the technological and social framework of society. Loose, unconnected, free-floating, mobile: this is the modern individual, at least in comparison with the immediate past.
Written for the general reader as well as lawyers and legal scholars, "The Republic of Choice" offers keen and original observations about legal culture and the public consciousness that informs and expresses it.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | August 1998 |
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First published | August 1998 |
Authors | Lawrence M. Friedman |
Dimensions | 235 x 156 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 255 |
Edition | New Ed |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-76261-9 |
Barcode | 9780674762619 |
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LSN | 0-674-76261-4 |