Ann Swidler: 3 books
Talk of Love
How Culture Matters
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Talk of love surrounds us, and romance is a constant concern of popular culture. Ann Swidler's Talk of Love is an attempt to discover how people find and sustain real love in the midst of that talk, and how that culture of love shapes their expectations and behavior in the process. To this end, Swidler...
A Fraught Embrace
The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The complex relationships between altruists, beneficiaries, and brokers in the global effort to fight AIDS in Africa
In the wake of the AIDS pandemic, legions of organizations and compassionate individuals descended on Africa from faraway places to offer their help and save lives. A Fraught...
by Robert Bellah, Richard Madsen, Steve Tipton
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2011
THE GOOD SOCIETY examines how many of our institutions- from the family to the government itself- fell from grace, and offers concrete proposals for revitalizing them.