Alienation Modern Man

By - Fritz Pappenheim

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Monthly Review Press, New York, 1959

ISBN 10 - 0853450056

ISBN 13 - 9780853450054

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Alienation (Social psychology)

Shelf No - 13

Call Number - 301.151 FRI

Physical Description - 189 pages 22 cm

Notes - Includes Index

Book Information

This intriguing work deals with the plight of the alienated individual, estranged from humanity and the surrounding world. It examines such questions as: Why do writers like Kafka, Thomas Wolfe, Rilke, and the existential philosophers, who portray the individual as a stranger in the world, have such a strong appeal? Is estrangement limited to individual cases or has it become a universal fate? Is alienation a consequence of the triumph of the machine? Is it characteristic of the human condition, or is it a specific development of modern society? Should humanity resign itself to alienation, or can it be overcome, conquered?

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