The Swedish theory of love : individualism and social trust in modern Sweden / Henrik Berggren and Lars Trägårdh ; translated by Stephen Donovan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berggren, Henrik, author.

Trägårdh, Lars, author.

Contributor:

Donovan, Stephen, 1970- translator.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Series:

New directions in Scandinavian studies

Standardized Title:

Är svensken människa? English

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Swedish.

Individualism--Sweden--History.

Individualism.

Intellectual life.

Sweden--Intellectual life.

Sweden.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Translated from the Swedish.

Summary:

"Drawing on work in philosophy, cultural studies, sociology, literary criticism, and political science, The Swedish Theory of Love shines a light on the workings of individualism in a far from utopian order of things"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 ANATOMY OF A NATION

1. The People of Nifelheim

2. Statist Individualism

3. The Swedish Theory of Love

pt. 2 SWEDEN IMAGINED

4. Poverty and Progress

5. Love and Independence

6. Supermen and Other People

7. A Bounded Community

8. Sweden for the Swedes!

pt. 3 SWEDEN REALIZED

9. Nationalizing the Child

10. Asocial, Unnatural, Inhuman

11. Just a Housewife

12. Competing Visions of Community

13. A Lutheran Modernity?.

Notes:

"Är svensken människa? Gemenskap och oberoende I det moderna Sverige © Henrik Berggren, Lars Trägårdh 2006, 2015 Norstedts förlag, Stockholm."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-371) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780295750545

0295750545

9780295750552

0295750553

OCLC:

1286956485

Publisher Number:

99991554409