Document Type

Article

Publication Title

The Canadian Journal of Sociology

Publisher

University of Toronto Press

Publication Date

Summer 2006

Volume

31

Issue

3

Disciplines

Philosophy

Abstract

To various degrees, the citizens of the advanced industrial countries are suffering from a crisis that is as profound as it is vague and therefore hard to deal with. The problem is particularly acute in the United States, however, and in what follows, some of the illustrations pertain particularly to that country, the one I live in and know best. In any case, though vagueness obscures the crisis, there have to be symptoms of some sort; otherwise we would not feel troubled. What are the signs of trouble in the culture of technology and democracy? First there are economic problems — national budget deficits, problems of international trade, newly emerging and powerful competition, viz., India, and China, and the dwindling supply of oil.

Keywords

Technological revolution, technological innovations, agitation, stress, social psychology, economic policy, interpersonal relations

DOI

10.1353/cjs.2006.0050

Rights

© 2006 University of Toronto Press

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