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- Title
The Transformation of the Social Bond: Images of Individualism in the 1920s Versus the 1970s.
- Authors
Thomson, Irene Taviss
- Abstract
Abstract Though excessive individualism was a target of social criticism in both the 1920s and the 1970s, there are significant differences in how individualism was portrayed. In the 1920s, individualism was primarily a matter of self-expression and the absence of self-control. It represented a lashing out against a restrictive society. By the 1970s, society had lost its constraining power and individualism became a matter of self-absorption and the quest for self-development. These differences reflect a decline in determinist thinking about self and society that is related to the movement from "character" to "personality" to fluid identity.
- Publication
Social Forces, 1989, Vol 67, Issue 4, p851
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.2307/2579705