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The Cultural contradictions of capitalism

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This book, a sequel to The Coming of Post-Industrial Society (1973), rounds out Daniel Bell’s panoramic picture of the present condition and probable future of Western civilization. It is an important book—erudite, articulate, and in large part persuasive—and it deserves to be widely read and discussed. The main thrust of Bell’s argument is very clear (despite a number of intriguing sidelines), and it revolves around what Bell calls “the disjunction of realms.” There are three such “realms” in society—the techno-economic structure, the culture, and the polity. When these three are respectively characterized, as they are today in the West, by advanced capitalism, by modernism, and by liberal democracy, the result is a condition of mounting and increasingly explosive tensions. https://www.commentary.org/articles/commentary-bk/the-cultural-contradictions-of-capitalism-by-daniel-bell/

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Call Number

973.92 Bel c

Publisher

New York : Basic Books., 1976

Collation

xxxiv + 301 p.; 21 cm

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-465-09727-8

Classification

973.92

Edition

1

Subject(s)

Social conditions - United States
Civilization - United states
Technology and civilization

Specific Detail Info

Includes bibliographical references and index

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