Alienation and the Carnivalization of Society

<p>This book examines alienation from both a sociological and psychoanalytic perspective revisiting classic treatments of the topic (Marx Simmel Weber) and exploring its relevance to understanding post-modern consumer society. It examines the escapist potentials for good and for ill in modern society - those fostered by commercial interests and those maintained by individuals and groups as their form of resisting alienation.</p>