Eric Klinenberg is a professor of sociology at New York University and the editor of the journal Public Culture. His first book, Heat Wave, won several scholarly and literary prizes and was declared a "Favorite Book" by the Chicago Tribune. His research has been heralded in The New Yorker and on CNN and NPR, and his stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and on This American Life.
A revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the Baby Boom—the sharp increase in the number of people who live alone—that offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change
In 1950, only 22 percent of American adults were single. Today, more than 50 percent of American adults are single, and 31 million—roughly one out of every seven adults—live alone. People who live alone make up 28 percent of all U.S. households, which makes them more common than any other domestic unit, including the nuclear family. In GOING SOLO, renowned sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg proves that these numbers are more than just a passing trend. They are, in fact, evidence of the biggest demographic shift since the Baby Boom: we are learning to go solo, and crafting new ways of living in the process.
Klinenberg explores the dramatic rise of solo living, and examines the seismic impact it’s having on our culture, business, and politics. Though conventional wisdom tells us that living by oneself leads to loneliness and isolation, Klinenberg shows that most solo dwellers are deeply engaged in social and civic life. In fact, compared with their married counterparts, they are more likely to eat out and exercise, go to art and music classes, attend public events and lectures, and volunteer. There’s even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health than unmarried people who live with others and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles than families, since they favor urban apartments over large suburban homes. Drawing on over three hundred in-depth interviews with men and women of all ages and every class, Klinenberg reaches a startling conclusion: in a world of ubiquitous media and hyperconnectivity, this way of life can help us discover ourselves and appreciate the pleasure of good company.
With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who go solo, Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of living alone is transforming the American experience. GOING SOLO is a powerful and necessary assessment of an unprecedented social change.
▲摆脱单身则摆脱了孤独? 时常听到人说害怕一个人呆着,会觉得不知所措,哪怕与一个关系一般到只比陌生人强一点的人去看一场不知所终的电影,或者去人多嘈杂的餐厅吃一顿味精压倒味蕾的徒有其表的晚饭,或者在购物中心消磨掉一整个下午,也总比一个人呆着强太多。这样的人即...
评分现代社会的生活节奏在不断地加快,很多以前人们从未面对甚至从未想过的问题层出不穷地在人们生活中的各个角落里冒出来。它们很难被忽视,大多数也很难被解决,比如城市化带来的工作可能性增多和人们生活速度的加快,比如文化多元化和单一国家全球化地迅速发展,随之而来的是个...
评分有一段时间,我持续关注“在中国一辈子单身,可能活得很好吗?”的话题,并阅读了所有回答。因为这从长远看来,所有人都要面对这个问题(即使步入婚姻,也很可能因离异或丧偶,小孩出国等落得孤身一人)。 此书算是比较完整探讨了独居人群这一生活方式的方方面面,包括独居人群...
评分收集了很多人的主张和意见,但每一章的主题很水,作者好像是很牛逼的人,但实际没有说什么,好像怕得罪什么似的,隐约想说又不敢说,最后东平西凑才熬出一锅白粥。 或者说人类社会无论何时,都是因为围绕共同生活而非独自生活的想法而建立的(无论资源紧缺或充裕)人类的确有社...
评分看完后,我不会再去苦催亲友们结婚了。 一开始以为这书读起来轻松,甚至可能是鸡汤,但实际上,上架在社科类,越读越严肃。开头引用了很多书和研究,看注释也收获很多。后面大多美欧的人物访谈,到“独自老去”章节,让人不由的着急起来。 简单从三个方面聊聊: 孤独 这...
对习惯读小说的我来说这本书简直是一种折磨……生词太多且偏书面语(?),直到看完也没有出现我以为的那个理由,也许太小众,也许是国情不同。
评分這本書我還沒看完但已想給6星PS作者是個30多歲進入婚姻殿堂的人 這本並非一個浪子的膚淺價值觀 是嚴肅的社會研究 運用大量訪談 @功夫大碗小熊貓 我好想把這本翻成中文 免費都行 如何能進入你們圈子so推廣它在中國..
评分每天早上在地铁上翻几页可能早上看很困 并不会觉得有趣 像是调查报告 观点看不到啥 数据+采访的堆积 只有偶尔specific某个人的独居故事会被戳到一丢丢儿
评分社会整体还是对单身不友好的,老年人单身的状况是我之前未曾考虑过的。
评分单身生活的现实视角。
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