INDIVIDUALISM AND INEQUALITY: THE FUTURE OF WORK AND POLITICS
Book ID/图书代码： 04289517B99935
English Summary/英文概要： In the neoliberal world, rising individualism has frequently been linked to rising inequality. Drawing on social theory, philosophy, history, institutional research and a wealth of contemporary empirical data, this innovative book analyzes the tangled relationship between individualism and inequality and explores the possibilities of rediscovering individualism’s revolutionary potential.Ralph Fevre demonstrates that a belief in individual self-determination powered the development of human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism, feminism and anti-racism. At the same time, every attempt to embed individualism in systems of education and employment has eventually led to increased social inequality. The book discusses influential thinkers, from Adam Smith to Herbert Spencer and John Dewey, as well as the persistence of discrimination despite equality laws, management and the transformation of individualism, individualism in work and mental illness, work insecurity and intensification. This multi-disciplinary book will be essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, economics, philosophy, political science, management science and public policy studies, among other subjects. It will also be of use to policymakers and those who want to know how the culture and politics of the neoliberal world are unfolding.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在这个新自由主义的世界里，个人主义情绪高涨，这也经常被和越来越突出的不平等被联系在一起。这本创新精神的书就从社会理论、哲学、历史、研究以及当代经验数据为依据，分析了个人主义和不平等之间纠缠不清的关系，并但所了重新发掘个人主义革命潜力的可能性。Ralph Fevre认为个人的自我决断推动了人权发展，并带来了从反对奴役、女权主义以及反对种族主义等等社会运动的浪潮。
同时，将个人主义融入教育和就业体系的各种尝试最终导致了社会不平等的加剧。本书讨论了包括Adam Smith到Herbert Spencer以及John Dewey等有影响力的思想家，并提出尽管有平等的法律，管理和个人主义的转变，我们仍旧歧视着工作中的个人主义和精神疾病、工作上的不安全和激化。这本跨学科的著作将是社会学、经济学、哲学、政治学、管理科学和公共政策研究等学科的学生和学者的必读书籍。本书对决策者和那些想知道新自由主义世界的文化和政治如何展开的人也是有用的。（LYR）
Awards/获奖情况：通过本书，Ralph Fevre使自己成为现今时代最为重要的社会理论和经济以及文化社会学的研究学者之一。本书是他最新的作品，但建立在他过去研究的基础之上，将社会理论、历史、政治哲学、公共政策等等都融合在一起，讲述了一个关于在美国和英国的全新的自由主义如何崛起的故事。Fevre仔细分析了各种个人主义的区别，然后提出了在他看来是因为认知个人主义逐渐替代了感伤的个人主义从而岛主了这种全新社会形态的出现。尽管有种种难以克服的社会问题，包括收入不平均等等，Fevre仍旧认为这个社会充满希望，并以此作为本书的结论。（Mark S. Cladis，美国布朗大学人文学科教授）’Suitors would be wrong to see this book as just another study of modern-day inequality. It offers far more insight than other books on this topic. Broadly, it is about two related trends: the decline of belief in human qualities and human potential expressed through forms of collective identity and the expansion of rationalisation and scientific knowledge into the domains previously occupied by belief (in education for example). Fevre describes this as the shift from sentimental individualism to cognitive individualism, tracing the origins of the former back to Thomas Paine and Adam Smith and the latter to Herbert Spencer among others. But there is far more to his analysis than this. With the rise of the narratives of globalisation and neoliberalism, Fevre shows how our own sense of self and agency has narrowed from aspirations for social change to anticipation of self-actualisation in the workplace. He describes how employers have embraced neoliberal ideals and increasingly take on responsibility for the welfare and self-development of employees, but then fail to live up to the increased expectations. Drawing on empirical studies, Fevre documents the psychological and other impacts on workers as the neoliberal workplace fails to provide them with the self-determination and self-actualisation it promises. It is concerning to learn how much the cognitive individual defers to institutions and organisations to act on their own behalf rather than taking matters into their own hands. Fevre wisely encourages us to look for opportunities to rekindle moral meaning by reviving belief in human qualities rather than in the discourse of neoliberalism.’ --- Alex Standish, University College London/Institute of Education, UK
’With the publication of Individualism and Inequality, Ralph Fevre establishes himself as one of today s most important figures in social theory and economic and cultural sociology. Building on his past work, his newest book skillfully brings together social theory, history, political philosophy, public policy and normative inquiry to tell a bold, new story about the rise of neoliberalism in the US and in the UK. Fevre produces nuanced genealogies of various forms of individualism and convincingly argues that the rise of neoliberalism is directly connected to the eclipse of sentimental individualism by cognitive individualism. In spite of the formidable social problems, including income inequality, that Fevre s account vividly depicts, he concludes his book with a ray of hope for a social movement that could bring the revitalization of sentimental individualism.’ --- Mark S. Cladis, Brooke Russell Astor Professor of the Humanities, Brown University, US
About the Author/作者介绍： Ralph Fevre，英国卡迪夫大学社会科学学院社会研究学教授。
Ralph Fevre, Professor of Social Research, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK
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