Habits of the Heart

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Habits of the Heart is a widely influential sociological study of individualism and community in American life, co-authored by Robert N. Bellah and colleagues.

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Habits of the Heart canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
sociological study
academicDiscipline cultural sociology
political sociology
sociology of religion
author Ann Swidler
Richard Madsen
Robert N. Bellah
Steven M. Tipton
William M. Sullivan NERFINISHED
countryOfFocus United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy The Good Society
genre social criticism
sociology
hasForm qualitative study
hasImpact influencing public policy debates on community and values
shaping discussions of American civil society
hasPerspective critical of excessive individualism
supportive of renewed community commitments
hasTheme community and civic engagement
moral fragmentation
role of religion in public life
search for meaning in American life
tension between individualism and commitment
influenced communitarian thought
debates on American individualism
public sociology
language English
mainSubject American culture
civil religion
community
individualism
moral life
notableFor analysis of American middle-class values
popularizing the concept of expressive individualism
placeOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
publicationYear 1985
publisher University of California Press
setting contemporary United States
targetAudience academics
general educated readers
students
usesMethod case studies
interviews

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Robert N. Bellah notableWork Habits of the Heart
Bellah notableWork Habits of the Heart
subject surface form: Robert N. Bellah
The Good Society follows Habits of the Heart
Richard Madsen notableWork Habits of the Heart