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Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

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Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

Abstract/Description

Meanwhile, the authors' antidote to the American sickness--a quest for democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions--has contributed to a vigorous scholarly and popular debate. Attention has been focused on forms of social organization, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanize the market and the administrative state. In their new Introduction the authors relate the argument of their book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the country's future. With this new edition one of the most influential books of recent times takes on a new immediacy.

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University of California Press

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Background/Context

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Print

Background/context type

Conceptual

Open access/free-text available

No

Peer reviewed

No

ISBN

978-0-520-05388-5

Citation

Bellah, R. N., Madsen, R., Sullivan, W. M., Swidler, A., Sullivan, W. M., & Tipton, S. M. (1985). Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. University of California Press.

Num pages

384

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