Going Solo

书名：Going SoloTheExtraordinaryRiseandSurprisingAppealofLivingAlone
作者：EricKlinenberg
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ISBN：9781594203220
出版社：PenguinPressHC
出版时间：2012-2-2
格式：epub/mobi/azw3/pdf
页数：288
豆瓣评分： 7.2

书籍简介：

A revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the Baby Boom—the sharp increase in the number of people who live alone—that offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change In 1950, only 22 percent of American adults were single. Today, more than 50 percent of American adults are single, and 31 million—roughly one out of every seven adults—live alone. People who live alone make up 28 percent of all U.S. households, which makes them more common than any other domestic unit, including the nuclear family. In GOING SOLO, renowned sociologist and author Eric Klinenberg proves that these numbers are more than just a passing trend. They are, in fact, evidence of the biggest demographic shift since the Baby Boom: we are learning to go solo, and crafting new ways of living in the process. Klinenberg explores the dramatic rise of solo living, and examines the seismic impact it’s having on our culture, business, and politics. Though conventional wisdom tells us that living by oneself leads to loneliness and isolation, Klinenberg shows that most solo dwellers are deeply engaged in social and civic life. In fact, compared with their married counterparts, they are more likely to eat out and exercise, go to art and music classes, attend public events and lectures, and volunteer. There’s even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health than unmarried people who live with others and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles than families, since they favor urban apartments over large suburban homes. Drawing on over three hundred in-depth interviews with men and women of all ages and every class, Klinenberg reaches a startling conclusion: in a world of ubiquitous media and hyperconnectivity, this way of life can help us discover ourselves and appreciate the pleasure of good company. With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who go solo, Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of living alone is transforming the American experience. GOING SOLO is a powerful and necessary assessment of an unprecedented social change.

作者简介：

Eric Klinenberg is a professor of sociology at New York University and the editor of the journal Public Culture. His first book, Heat Wave, won several scholarly and literary prizes and was declared a "Favorite Book" by the Chicago Tribune. His research has been heralded in The New Yorker and on CNN and NPR, and his stories have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and on This American Life.

书友短评：

@ 哎哟卧槽 对我来说有很多值得思考的点①关于我想长期保持单身的想法，更加坚定了，就是对职业对未来有着太大的抱负以致settling down would stop me,而且我喜欢独处，以及整一个a place of my own的概念 ②我想坚持，但是老无所依实在是太可怕了，尤其在中国独生子女的现实可能逼得我们不得不低头。除非找到解决的方案否则必须繁衍后代妈蛋 ③YOU+的模式原来是来源于这，说明国内going solo的趋势也要起了呀。 @ TimberNord 太好看啦！这书的research method部分要是放序言的话肯定读者会更多一些。讲世界范围内living alone的趋势和不同，讲solo的男女老少富人穷人，讲solo生活的人相关的人的生活。特别有趣，别被intro部分吓跑哟。不过不太理解这为什么是学校Sociology 101的必读书目。缺陷作者说得也很明白，就是没讲在suburban的人的生活之类的。而且真的对我这样的在考虑going solo的读者有很高的参考价值。 @ 半苔石 _(:з」∠)_目前我的【找到工作之后要做的事】列表里第一条就是搬去一个小公寓自己住。独居真是太有诱惑力了！这种时候又不得不提一提我之前的邻居老太太，给我开了眼界一个八十多岁的独居人生如何过得丰富多彩有滋有味，平时忙社区和教堂的事，闲下来和朋友喝喝茶出去旅旅游。前几天跟她打电话，和我说她十月份又要飞去南美洲徒步。这本书也蛮有意思的，花了两天半看完了，讲的是独居和整体社会的关系。中文译本《单身社会》，有一定误导性吧，其实主要是对独居这个现象的思考，不是单身啦23333 @ 林大洲要进三级 “As soon as men and women…refuse to take for granted the traditional arrangements… as soon as they acquire the habit of weighing the individual advantages and disadvantages of any prospective course of action… they cannot fail to become aware of the heavy personal sacrifices that family ties and especially parenthood entail…” @ TimberNord 失望

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