Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life

by Ann Swidler (Author), Ann Swidler (Author), William M. Sullivan (Author), Robert N. Bellah (Author), Steven M. Tipton (Author), Richard Madsen (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $28.80

  First published in 1985, Habits of the Heart continues to be one of the most discussed interpretations of modern American society, a quest for a democratic community that draws on our diverse civic and religious traditions. In a new preface the authors relate the arguments of the book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the country's future. With this new edition one of the most influential books of recent times takes on a new immediacy.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $5.69

  Attention has been focused on forms of social organisation, be it civil society, democratic communitarianism, or associative democracy, that can humanise the market and the administrative state. In their new Introduction the authors relate the argument of their book both to the current realities of American society and to the growing debate about the country's future. With this new edition one of the most influential books of recent times takes on a new immediacy.