Upward Mobility and the Common Good: Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State
Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser: | |
---|---|
Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
Sprache: | English |
Veröffentlicht: |
Princeton, N.J.
Princeton University Press
2009
|
Schlagworte: | |
Online-Zugang: | FAB01 FAW01 FCO01 FHA01 FKE01 FLA01 UBG01 UPA01 Volltext Volltext |
Beschreibung: | Main description: We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, Robbins shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor. In his view, Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs becomes a key figure of social mobility in our time. Robbins argues that passionate and ambiguous relationships (like that between Lecter and Clarice Starling) carry the upward mobility story far from anyone's simple self-interest, whether the protagonist's or the mentor's. Robbins concludes that upward mobility stories have paradoxically helped American and European society make the transition from an ethic of individual responsibility to one of collective accountability, a shift that made the welfare state possible, but that also helps account for society's fascination with cases of sexual abuse and harassment by figures of authority |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (328 S.) |
ISBN: | 9781400827657 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781400827657 |
Internformat
MARC
LEADER | 00000nmm a2200000zc 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | BV042522368 | ||
003 | DE-604 | ||
005 | 00000000000000.0 | ||
007 | cr|uuu---uuuuu | ||
008 | 150423s2009 |||| o||u| ||||||eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781400827657 |9 978-1-4008-2765-7 | ||
024 | 7 | |a 10.1515/9781400827657 |2 doi | |
035 | |a (OCoLC)910024011 | ||
035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV042522368 | ||
040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e aacr | ||
041 | 0 | |a eng | |
049 | |a DE-859 |a DE-860 |a DE-473 |a DE-Aug4 |a DE-739 |a DE-1046 |a DE-1043 |a DE-858 | ||
100 | 1 | |a Robbins, Bruce |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Upward Mobility and the Common Good |b Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
264 | 1 | |a Princeton, N.J. |b Princeton University Press |c 2009 | |
300 | |a 1 Online-Ressource (328 S.) | ||
336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
500 | |a Main description: We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, Robbins shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor. In his view, Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs becomes a key figure of social mobility in our time. Robbins argues that passionate and ambiguous relationships (like that between Lecter and Clarice Starling) carry the upward mobility story far from anyone's simple self-interest, whether the protagonist's or the mentor's. Robbins concludes that upward mobility stories have paradoxically helped American and European society make the transition from an ethic of individual responsibility to one of collective accountability, a shift that made the welfare state possible, but that also helps account for society's fascination with cases of sexual abuse and harassment by figures of authority | ||
648 | 7 | |a Geschichte 1800-2000 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf | |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Literatur |0 (DE-588)4035964-5 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Erotik |g Motiv |0 (DE-588)4123157-0 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
650 | 0 | 7 | |a Sozialer Aufstieg |g Motiv |0 (DE-588)4481526-8 |2 gnd |9 rswk-swf |
689 | 0 | 0 | |a Literatur |0 (DE-588)4035964-5 |D s |
689 | 0 | 1 | |a Sozialer Aufstieg |g Motiv |0 (DE-588)4481526-8 |D s |
689 | 0 | 2 | |a Erotik |g Motiv |0 (DE-588)4123157-0 |D s |
689 | 0 | 3 | |a Geschichte 1800-2000 |A z |
689 | 0 | |8 1\p |5 DE-604 | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657 |x Verlag |3 Volltext |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u http://www.degruyter.com/search?f_0=isbnissn&q_0=9781400827657&searchTitles=true |x Verlag |3 Volltext |
912 | |a ZDB-23-DGG | ||
999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027956707 | ||
883 | 1 | |8 1\p |a cgwrk |d 20201028 |q DE-101 |u https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FAB01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FAW01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q FAW_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FCO01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q FCO_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FHA01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q FHA_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FKE01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q FKE_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l FLA01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q FLA_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l UBG01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q UBG_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext | |
966 | e | |u https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy |l UPA01 |p ZDB-23-DGG |q UPA_PDA_DGG |x Verlag |3 Volltext |
Datensatz im Suchindex
_version_ | 1804153275024408576 |
---|---|
any_adam_object | |
author | Robbins, Bruce |
author_facet | Robbins, Bruce |
author_role | aut |
author_sort | Robbins, Bruce |
author_variant | b r br |
building | Verbundindex |
bvnumber | BV042522368 |
collection | ZDB-23-DGG |
ctrlnum | (OCoLC)910024011 (DE-599)BVBBV042522368 |
doi_str_mv | 10.1515/9781400827657 |
era | Geschichte 1800-2000 gnd |
era_facet | Geschichte 1800-2000 |
format | Electronic eBook |
fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04174nmm a2200529zc 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV042522368</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">00000000000000.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr|uuu---uuuuu</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">150423s2009 |||| o||u| ||||||eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781400827657</subfield><subfield code="9">978-1-4008-2765-7</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.1515/9781400827657</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)910024011</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV042522368</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">aacr</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-859</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-860</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-473</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-Aug4</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-739</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-1046</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-1043</subfield><subfield code="a">DE-858</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Robbins, Bruce</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Upward Mobility and the Common Good</subfield><subfield code="b">Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Princeton, N.J.</subfield><subfield code="b">Princeton University Press</subfield><subfield code="c">2009</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 Online-Ressource (328 S.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="500" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Main description: We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, Robbins shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor. In his view, Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs becomes a key figure of social mobility in our time. Robbins argues that passionate and ambiguous relationships (like that between Lecter and Clarice Starling) carry the upward mobility story far from anyone's simple self-interest, whether the protagonist's or the mentor's. Robbins concludes that upward mobility stories have paradoxically helped American and European society make the transition from an ethic of individual responsibility to one of collective accountability, a shift that made the welfare state possible, but that also helps account for society's fascination with cases of sexual abuse and harassment by figures of authority</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="648" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1800-2000</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Literatur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4035964-5</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Erotik</subfield><subfield code="g">Motiv</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4123157-0</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1="0" ind2="7"><subfield code="a">Sozialer Aufstieg</subfield><subfield code="g">Motiv</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4481526-8</subfield><subfield code="2">gnd</subfield><subfield code="9">rswk-swf</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Literatur</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4035964-5</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Sozialer Aufstieg</subfield><subfield code="g">Motiv</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4481526-8</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="2"><subfield code="a">Erotik</subfield><subfield code="g">Motiv</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-588)4123157-0</subfield><subfield code="D">s</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2="3"><subfield code="a">Geschichte 1800-2000</subfield><subfield code="A">z</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="689" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="5">DE-604</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">http://www.degruyter.com/search?f_0=isbnissn&q_0=9781400827657&searchTitles=true</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027956707</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="883" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="8">1\p</subfield><subfield code="a">cgwrk</subfield><subfield code="d">20201028</subfield><subfield code="q">DE-101</subfield><subfield code="u">https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FAB01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FAW01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">FAW_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FCO01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">FCO_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FHA01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">FHA_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FKE01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">FKE_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">FLA01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">FLA_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">UBG01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">UBG_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="966" ind1="e" ind2=" "><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield><subfield code="l">UPA01</subfield><subfield code="p">ZDB-23-DGG</subfield><subfield code="q">UPA_PDA_DGG</subfield><subfield code="x">Verlag</subfield><subfield code="3">Volltext</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
id | DE-604.BV042522368 |
illustrated | Not Illustrated |
indexdate | 2024-07-10T01:24:01Z |
institution | BVB |
isbn | 9781400827657 |
language | English |
oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-027956707 |
oclc_num | 910024011 |
open_access_boolean | |
owner | DE-859 DE-860 DE-473 DE-BY-UBG DE-Aug4 DE-739 DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 |
owner_facet | DE-859 DE-860 DE-473 DE-BY-UBG DE-Aug4 DE-739 DE-1046 DE-1043 DE-858 |
physical | 1 Online-Ressource (328 S.) |
psigel | ZDB-23-DGG ZDB-23-DGG FAW_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG FCO_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG FHA_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG FKE_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG FLA_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG UBG_PDA_DGG ZDB-23-DGG UPA_PDA_DGG |
publishDate | 2009 |
publishDateSearch | 2009 |
publishDateSort | 2009 |
publisher | Princeton University Press |
record_format | marc |
spelling | Robbins, Bruce Verfasser aut Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press 2009 1 Online-Ressource (328 S.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Main description: We think we know what upward mobility stories are about--virtuous striving justly rewarded, or unprincipled social climbing regrettably unpunished. Either way, these stories seem obviously concerned with the self-making of self-reliant individuals rather than with any collective interest. In Upward Mobility and the Common Good, Bruce Robbins completely overturns these assumptions to expose a hidden tradition of erotic social interdependence at the heart of the literary canon. Reinterpreting novels by figures such as Balzac, Stendhal, Charlotte Brontë, Dickens, Dreiser, Wells, Doctorow, and Ishiguro, along with a number of films, Robbins shows how deeply the material and erotic desires of upwardly mobile characters are intertwined with the aid they receive from some sort of benefactor or mentor. In his view, Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs becomes a key figure of social mobility in our time. Robbins argues that passionate and ambiguous relationships (like that between Lecter and Clarice Starling) carry the upward mobility story far from anyone's simple self-interest, whether the protagonist's or the mentor's. Robbins concludes that upward mobility stories have paradoxically helped American and European society make the transition from an ethic of individual responsibility to one of collective accountability, a shift that made the welfare state possible, but that also helps account for society's fascination with cases of sexual abuse and harassment by figures of authority Geschichte 1800-2000 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd rswk-swf Erotik Motiv (DE-588)4123157-0 gnd rswk-swf Sozialer Aufstieg Motiv (DE-588)4481526-8 gnd rswk-swf Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 s Sozialer Aufstieg Motiv (DE-588)4481526-8 s Erotik Motiv (DE-588)4123157-0 s Geschichte 1800-2000 z 1\p DE-604 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657 Verlag Volltext http://www.degruyter.com/search?f_0=isbnissn&q_0=9781400827657&searchTitles=true Verlag Volltext 1\p cgwrk 20201028 DE-101 https://d-nb.info/provenance/plan#cgwrk |
spellingShingle | Robbins, Bruce Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Erotik Motiv (DE-588)4123157-0 gnd Sozialer Aufstieg Motiv (DE-588)4481526-8 gnd |
subject_GND | (DE-588)4035964-5 (DE-588)4123157-0 (DE-588)4481526-8 |
title | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_auth | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_exact_search | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_full | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_fullStr | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_full_unstemmed | Upward Mobility and the Common Good Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
title_short | Upward Mobility and the Common Good |
title_sort | upward mobility and the common good toward a literary history of the welfare state |
title_sub | Toward a Literary History of the Welfare State |
topic | Literatur (DE-588)4035964-5 gnd Erotik Motiv (DE-588)4123157-0 gnd Sozialer Aufstieg Motiv (DE-588)4481526-8 gnd |
topic_facet | Literatur Erotik Motiv Sozialer Aufstieg Motiv |
url | https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400827657 http://www.degruyter.com/search?f_0=isbnissn&q_0=9781400827657&searchTitles=true |
work_keys_str_mv | AT robbinsbruce upwardmobilityandthecommongoodtowardaliteraryhistoryofthewelfarestate |