The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties

By: Daniel Bell

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Synopsis: These essay, in the main, deal with the social changes in the America of the fifties. It was a decade marked by extraordinary changes in the class structure, particularly in the growth of the white-collar class and the spread of suburbia; by the "forced" expansion of the economy, which belied earlier predictions of stagnation; by the creation of a permanent military establishment and a bedrock defense economy; and by the heightening tensions of the Cold War. In consequence, we have had the problem, abroad, of defining ourselves to Indians, Africans, Arabs, et al., and, at home, a preoccupation with "self" and "status" that has brought to the fore not only psychoanalysis but the mirror of popular sociology. The "restless vanity" of which de Tocqueville spoke, which made the American, in his intercourse with strangers, "impatient of the slightest censure and insatiable of praise," has been replaced by an anxious inferiority, fearful of censure and desperately eager to please.

Book Quality:: Excellent
Book Size:: 416 Pages
Publisher:: Free Press
Date of Addition:: 04/27/11
Copyrighted By:: The Free Press
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Language:: English
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Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Sociology
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