Author | : Michel Maffesoli |
File Size | : 54,6 Mb |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 27 February 1996 |
ISBN | : 080398474X |
Pages | : 196 pages |
The Time of the Tribes by Michel Maffesoli Book PDF Summary
In this exciting book Michel Maffesoli argues that the conventional approaches to understanding solidarity and society are deeply flawed. He contends that mass culture has disintegrated and that today social existence is conducted through fragmented tribal groupings, organized around the catchwords, brand-names and sound-bites of consumer culture. The book provides a rich backcloth against which to consider the rise of `identity politics' and the `proliferation of lifestyle cultures'.