Lawrence Jon (Associate Professor Of History University Of Exeter)
Lawrence Jon (Associate Professor Of History University Of Exeter) - Me Me Me The Search For Community In Post - War England - Hardcover
Lawrence Jon (Associate Professor Of History University Of Exeter) - Me Me Me The Search For Community In Post - War England - Hardcover
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Description: Many commentators tell us that in today's world everyday life has become selfish and atomised - - that individuals live only to consume. But are they wrong? In Me Me Me Jon Lawrence re - tells the story of England since the Second World War through the eyes of ordinary people - - including his own parents - - to argue that in fact friendship family and place all remain central to our daily lives and whilst community has changed it is far from dead. He shows how in the years after the Second World War people came increasingly to question custom and tradition as the pressure to conform to societal standards became intolerable. And as soon as they could millions escaped the closed face - to - face communities of Victorian Britain where everyone knew your business. But this was not a rejection of community per se but an attempt to find another new way of living which was better suited to the modern world. Community has become personal and voluntary based on genuine affection rather than proximity or need. We have never been better connected or able to sustain the relationships that matter to us. Me Me Me makes that case that it's time we valued and nurtured these new groups rather than lamenting the loss of more 'real forms of community - - it is all too easy to hold on to a nostalgic view of the past.
Title: Me Me Me The Search For Community In Post - War England
Author(s): Lawrence Jon (Associate Professor Of History University Of Exeter)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198779537
Pages: 352 Pages, Approx 35 Black And White Halftones
Publication Date: 9/1/2019
Category: Social Groups
Description: Many commentators tell us that in today's world everyday life has become selfish and atomised - - that individuals live only to consume. But are they wrong? In Me Me Me Jon Lawrence re - tells the story of England since the Second World War through the eyes of ordinary people - - including his own parents - - to argue that in fact friendship family and place all remain central to our daily lives and whilst community has changed it is far from dead. He shows how in the years after the Second World War people came increasingly to question custom and tradition as the pressure to conform to societal standards became intolerable. And as soon as they could millions escaped the closed face - to - face communities of Victorian Britain where everyone knew your business. But this was not a rejection of community per se but an attempt to find another new way of living which was better suited to the modern world. Community has become personal and voluntary based on genuine affection rather than proximity or need. We have never been better connected or able to sustain the relationships that matter to us. Me Me Me makes that case that it's time we valued and nurtured these new groups rather than lamenting the loss of more 'real forms of community - - it is all too easy to hold on to a nostalgic view of the past.
Title: Me Me Me The Search For Community In Post - War England
Author(s): Lawrence Jon (Associate Professor Of History University Of Exeter)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198779537
Pages: 352 Pages, Approx 35 Black And White Halftones
Publication Date: 9/1/2019
Category: Social Groups
