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Individualism and Conformism in the United States

Individualism and Conformism in the United States

Michelson, Annette
Sartre, Jean-Paul

Paperback

Series: Eris Gems, Book 2

PhilosophyGeneral SociologyRegional: New England

ISBN10: 1967751927
ISBN13: 9781967751921
Publisher: Eris
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.05
Height: 0.10 Width: 1.30 Depth: 7.60
Language: English
In Individualism and Conformism in the United States, Sartre probes the paradox at the heart of American identity: a culture that claims to exalt the self even as it channels that self into mass movements, uniform mores, and ideological frameworks. Drawing on travel, reportage, and philosophical reflection, he examines how the rhetoric of liberty masks the deeper pressures toward standardization, and how citizens are subtly corralled into roles defined by consumption, political ritual, and social expectation. With incisive clarity, Sartre unmasks the tension between the impulse to distinguish oneself and the pull to conform--arguing that American individualism is hardly a pure assertion of freedom, but a social phenomenon intertwined with coercion, identity, and collective imagery.

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