{"product_id":"our-worst-strength-american-individualism-and-its-hidden-discontents-hardcover","title":"Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and Its Hidden Discontents - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are all settlers on our own personal frontiers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's our national way of life. Individualism. America has now taken individualism to its logical extreme like no other society on Earth. And the results are mixed. Radical autonomy without wisdom and lots of social support is a dangerous gift. It can even become a curse of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how individualism affects the five major domains of American life that comprise 80% of our waking time - work, fun, food, friends, and family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing fresh national research on older Americans' life experiences, his training as a cultural anthropologist, and his own awkward life experiences, Dr. Richardson has crafted a first-of-its-kind social history of the late 20th century and what it yielded to us as a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart One - How to Make a Hyper-Individualistic Society in Seven Easy Steps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Two - How It Became Awkward at Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Three - How We Got Lost in the American Fun-house\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Four - How We Came To Eat Whatever, Whenever\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Five - How We Turned Friends into Entertainment Devices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Six - How We Shriveled the American Family\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart Seven - The Future of Individualism in America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Richardson argues that individualism is not an inevitable way of life. We can take our gifts of autonomy and calibrate them to a more community-oriented future. We have to truly understand what we have before we make changes we would regret as a country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 438\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47368428028082,"sku":"9798988768005","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ba2a1dc90848263effe3176c681c436d.webp?v=1777578971","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/our-worst-strength-american-individualism-and-its-hidden-discontents-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}