The Swedish Theory of Love : Individualism and Social Trust in Modern Sweden / Henrik Berggren, Lars Trägårdh, and translated by Stephen Donovan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berggren, Henrik, author.

Trägårdh, Lars, author.

Contributor:

Donovan, Stephen, 1970- translator.

Series:

New directions in Scandinavian studies.

New Directions in Scandinavian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Individualism--Sweden--History.

Individualism.

National characteristics, Swedish.

Sweden--Intellectual life.

Sweden.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University of Washington Press 2022

Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2022]

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:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction. Humanity’s Asocial Sociability and the Swedish Paradox

Part 1: Anatomy of a Nation

1. The People of Nifelheim

2. Statist Individualism

3. The Swedish Theory of Love

Part 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!

Part 3: Sweden Realized

9. Nationalizing the Child

10. Asocial, Unnatural, Inhuman

11. Just a Housewife

12. Competing Visions of Community

13. A Lutheran Modernity?

Coda: Prospects for Swedish Love

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295750569

0295750561

OCLC:

1341587435