Tragic Return: A Record of Concerns for the Spiritual Homeland

Author: Lin Hesheng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The author, moved by the tide of materialism in the market economy and consumer era, feels that the concept of a spiritual homeland is fragile. The book provides a profound interpretation and explanation of the meaning of a "spiritual homeland," whether in symbolic or real terms. In a sense, it is a contemporary cultural critique of the loss of the "spiritual homeland." The author is a renowned critical sociologist in the United States, and this book is his representative work. It emphasizes breaking the original rigid and abstract boundaries of scientific research, advocating for "the sociological imagination." The book has become a classic introduction to sociological teaching worldwide.