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Paths of Loneliness: The Individual Isolated in Modern Society

Paths of Loneliness: The Individual Isolated in Modern Society Paths of Loneliness: The Individual Isolated in Modem SocietyBy Margaret Mary Wood. New York: Columbia University Press, 1953. 224 pp. Price, $3.75. This book deals with the problem of the individual who feels unrelated to others of his own group. The changes which are taking place in modern society, the author feels, are tending "to break down the old patterns of relationships on which the individual depends for inner security more rapidly than he is able to construct a new pattern that will satisfy his sense of purpose and belonging." As a result he feels frustrated, adrift, and alone and serious behavior problems result. The author, a professor of social studies, approaches this problem as a social scientist, drawing on psychology, sociology, and anthropology in her presentation. The first part of the book discusses the forces in society which tend to isolate one man from another, and the second part analyzes some of the ways lonely individuals react to isolation. In the first part are covered such subjects as the individual separated from his family, the person isolated in the presence of contacts, and presents the idea that social relationships tend to fall into the categories of interest http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Journal of Public Health American Public Health Association

Paths of Loneliness: The Individual Isolated in Modern Society

Elizabeth P. Rice
American Journal of Public Health , Volume 43 (12) – Dec 1, 1953
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Paths of Loneliness: The Individual Isolated in Modem SocietyBy Margaret Mary Wood. New York: Columbia University Press, 1953. 224 pp. Price, $3.75. This book deals with the problem of the individual who feels unrelated to others of his own group. The changes which are taking place in modern society, the author feels, are tending "to break down the old patterns of relationships on which the individual depends for inner security more rapidly than he is able to construct a new pattern that will satisfy his sense of purpose and belonging." As a result he feels frustrated, adrift, and alone and serious behavior problems result. The author, a professor of social studies, approaches this problem as a social scientist, drawing on psychology, sociology, and anthropology in her presentation. The first part of the book discusses the forces in society which tend to isolate one man from another, and the second part analyzes some of the ways lonely individuals react to isolation. In the first part are covered such subjects as the individual separated from his family, the person isolated in the presence of contacts, and presents the idea that social relationships tend to fall into the categories of interest

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Published: Dec 1, 1953

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