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portada Loss. A Modern Predicament
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2027
Language
English
Pages
336
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9781509573417

Loss. A Modern Predicament

Andreas Reckwitz;Valentine A. Pakis (Author) · Polity · Hardcover

Loss. A Modern Predicament - Andreas Reckwitz;Valentine A. Pakis

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Synopsis "Loss. A Modern Predicament"

Experiences of loss shape and trouble contemporary societies in many different ways: from the devastating consequences of climate change to the protests of those who have lost out in the process of modernisation, and from the regression of liberal democracy to the loss of loved ones and the vulnerabilities of an aging society. But what is behind these diverse phenomena?

In a landmark study, Andreas Reckwitz demonstrates that the roots of this current explosion in the economy of loss can be traced back to the dawn of modern societies and to a key predicament of Western modernity: namely, the antagonism between the future-oriented promises of a society organised around progress and the painful, negative experiences of loss that accompanied these developments. He shows that modern society is, at heart, driven by a paradoxical relationship to loss: modernity seeks to contain losses while, at the same time, intensifying them. It makes losses systematically invisible while also actively cultivating and managing them: from nostalgia to risk calculations, from religion to psychotherapy and the politics of victimhood. In the vulnerable era of late modernity, however, the fragile relationship between loss and progress has been thrown out of balance. The key existential question of the 21st century is thus the following: how can Western modernity come to grips with loss if its promise of progress has been stripped of its credibility?

A pathbreaking work of major significance, Loss will appeal to anyone interested in the fundamental developments shaping modern societies and it will be essential reading for students and scholars sociology, politics and across the social sciences and humanities.

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