The capitalist personality [electronic resource] : face-to-face sociality and economic change in the post-communist world / Christopher S. Swader.
Material type: TextSeries: Routledge advances in sociology ; 86.Publication details: New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.Description: xix, 237 p. : illISBN:- 9780203072714 (e-book : PDF)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-223) and index.
1. Introduction --2. Becoming homo-economicus -- 3. "The wall in the head" : mechanisms of de-socialization -- 4. The Chinese, Russian, and Eastern German contexts : social values and economic change -- 5. Individualism, ambition, and work -- 6. "Get rich first!" : materialism and consumerism -- 7. Family relationships and friendship -- 8. Morality, religion, and politics -- 9. The wild West? -- 10. Discussion : ambivalent individualization and capitalist culture.
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