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OverviewIn 1960, Paul Goodman argued that the Fordist system that treated people as mere cogs in a machine had created a profound unhappiness in young people and in American society as a whole. More than half a century later, professor David Blacker recognizes that decades of neoliberalism have pushed young people beyond unhappiness and into a collective identity crisis. Overall, Americans no longer feel needed to do jobs that had previously anchored them in society and are becoming disconnected and purposeless. The proliferation of new identities, based not on work but on consumption, is symptomatic of neoliberalism and its hyper-commodification and deregulation of everyday life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David J. BlackerPublisher: Collective Ink Imprint: Zero Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.330kg ISBN: 9781789040104ISBN 10: 1789040108 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 31 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationDavid Blacker is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware. He has given dozens of presentations at academic institutions worldwide, and he was selected by the University of Illinois’s Center for Advanced Study for its prestigious campus-wide MillerComm Lecture Series. Blacker is a regular on radio and podcast shows such as, The Majority Report, for which he was selected by listeners as a Best Interview of the Year. He lives in Newark, Delaware. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |