The horizontal society
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Author
Publication
1999 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Conn, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
77,500 words, Guess
Page Count
310 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL370846M
- ISBN-100300075456
- OCLC Control Number98031594
- OCLC Control Number39982225
- OCLC Control Numberhorizontalsociet0000frie
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98031594
- LibraryThing1918335
- Goodreads370700
Classifications
- DDC306/.09/04
- LCCHM131 .F736 1999
Description
Modern technology has radically and irretrievably altered our sense of identity and hence our social, political, and legal life, argues Lawrence M. Friedman in this new book. In traditional societies, he explains, relationships and identities were strongly vertical: there was a clear line of authority from top to bottom, and identity was fixed by one's birth or social position. But in modern society, identity and authority have become much more horizontal: people feel freer to choose who they are and to form relationships on a plane of equality. Friedman examines how modern life centers on human identity seen in terms of race, gender, ethnicity, and religion, and how this new way of defining oneself affects politics, social structure, and the law.
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