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The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. The Lonely American.: Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz. Beacon Press, - Psychology - 4/5(2). This workmanlike book takes up where Robert D. Putnams classic Bowling Alone left off in examining the disintegration of community in 21st-century America. Americans, say the authors (both associate clinical professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School), have a conflicted views of community: on the one hand, they glorify rugged individualism and, on the other hand, they encourage community and look /5(24).  · "This workmanlike book takes up where Robert D. Putnam's classic Bowling Alone left off in examining the disintegration of community in 21st-century America. Americans, say the authors (both associate clinical professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School), have a conflicted views of community: on the one hand, they glorify rugged individualism and, on the other hand, they encourage .

The Lonely American. Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. Jacqueline Olds. Hardcover. List Price: * * Individual store prices may vary. Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (2/1/) MP3 CD (3/19/) Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. Get this from a library! The lonely American: drifting apart in the twenty-first century. [Jacqueline Olds; Richard S Schwartz] -- In today's world, it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely -- yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. According to the "There's been plenty written this year about loneliness, but little of it is as revealing as The Lonely AmericanHarvard psychiatry professors Jacqueline Olds and Richard Schwartz get right down to illuminating the social impulses that have pushed us apart, from deep cultural myths (such as the self-reliant American) to more basic narratives that have slipped into daily life ('It's too.

The Lonely American: Drifting Apart in the Twenty-first Century. by. Jacqueline Olds, Richard S. Schwartz. · Rating details · ratings · 40 reviews. In today's world, it is more acceptable to be depressed than to be lonely-yet loneliness appears to be the inevitable byproduct of our frenetic contemporary lifestyle. "This workmanlike book takes up where Robert D. Putnam's classic Bowling Alone left off in examining the disintegration of community in 21st-century America. Americans, say the authors (both associate clinical professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School), have a conflicted views of community: on the one hand, they glorify rugged individualism and, on the other hand, they encourage community and look down on those who cast off community to go it alone. This workmanlike book takes up where Robert D. Putnams classic Bowling Alone left off in examining the disintegration of community in 21st-century America. Americans, say the authors (both associate clinical professors of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School), have a conflicted views of community: on the one hand, they glorify rugged individualism and, on the other hand, they encourage community and look down on those who cast off community to go it alone.