Age of Anxiety by Constantine Tsoucalas PAPERBACK 9781916809758

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Age of AnxietyAuthor(s): Constantine Tsoucalas, Alex Stavrakas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: ERIS, United Kingdom\nImprint: ERIS\nISBN-13: 9781916809758, 978-1916809758\nSynopsis\nWe live in an age of ever-deepening anxiety. Free of convictions, released from certainties, we appear untetheredand alone. The values that underpinned our sense of, and need for, collectivity have been reduced to their lowest common denominator: liberty means nothing more than exploiting our individuality; equality has become an empty political slogan; as for solidarity, its nowhere to be seen. \n\nSuch ruptures are neither accidental nor benign. The not-so-brave new social mandates are outgrowths of globalisations casualties: complete eclipsing of political sovereignty, gradual weakening of national identities, and breakdown of the welfare state. The situation is one of crisis. \n\nIn this revelatory contribution to political science and sociology, Constantine Tsoucalas draws upon a wide range of philoso.