{"product_id":"2026200013473-secondhand-the-homeless-mind","title":"The Homeless Mind","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the turbulent crossroads of modernity and human identity, The Homeless Mind presents a landmark sociological argument: that the sweeping forces of modernisation — bureaucracy, technology, and industrial capitalism — have severed individuals from their traditional sources of meaning, community, and belonging, leaving the modern consciousness adrift in a state of profound metaphysical homelessness. Peter L. Berger, Brigitte Berger, and Hansfried Kellner construct a rigorous and penetrating analysis of how pluralism and technological production have fractured the unified worldview once offered by religion and stable community life, generating a restless, rootless inner life that defines the modern human condition.\n\nThe authors argue with compelling clarity that this crisis of identity is not merely personal but structural — built into the very architecture of modern societies — and that counter-modernising movements, from communes to religious revivals, represent desperate but telling attempts to recover a sense of home. Written in a style that is both academically precise and accessibly urgent, the work draws on the sociological traditions of Max Weber and Alfred Schutz to illuminate the invisible psychological costs of progress. For anyone seeking to understand why the modern world, for all its abundance, so often feels alienating and incomplete, this volume delivers an answer that is as unsettling as it is illuminating.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203382026459,"sku":"2026200013473-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/74adeb5c-6765-4f91-8053-8c15dff6a18f.png?v=1788148116","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013473-secondhand-the-homeless-mind","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}