Dilemmas of the American Self

by John P. Hewitt

Book Overview

Charles Horton Cooley Award of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1990 According to Hewitt, the essence of modernity is tension between community and society. This ambitious, sophisticated, and well-written book is a tonic for those who weary of simplistic sermons on the condition of American culture. --ChoiceThis book explores stability and change in American social character and identity, and offers a theory about what it means to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877226563
• ISBN13: 9780877226567
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"