Cultures of solitude: loneliness – limitation – liberation
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631679074
Date de publication :
22 juin 2017
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
530 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
This collection of essays comprises cultural analyses of practices of eremitism and reclusiveness in the USA, which are inseparably linked to the American ideals of individualism and freedom. Solitaries can be read as trailblazers for an alternative future or as symptoms of a pathological society.