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发表于2025-02-16
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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.
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.
3.5星 人类在面对未知的时候,总是比较脆弱的,独身也好,其他的也罢。我的第100本英语原版书。
评分断断续续读完……貌似除了年老不能自理是个问题之外,其它都不是什么大问题……
评分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。
评分有一次老妈很正式地提起说假如某一天她面临独居而与我不同城,或甚至不同国该怎么办。她说她希望独住,有自己的生活和社交圈,要是都在南方可以我们中的一个搬到同城但不同住,但她仍希望住在上海。然后我默默地想起了一个好多年的朋友,小学时,她站在自家阳台上指着前面几排房子中的一栋轻描淡写地说,对啊爷爷奶奶就住在那边。
评分当认真考虑了“我为什么爱晚睡”后,个人空间和自我认知这样的问题随之而来——我可以堂而皇之地晚睡,却很难自我信服地说going solo。这本书的独特在于,它不是心灵鸡汤或警示危言,而是基于社会调查去关注这样一个问题:独居兴起的因素集合有哪些?其生存状况如何?更进一步,作者试图去理解“在大量独居者的社会中生活究竟意味着什么”?实际的调查和访谈能够让读者谨慎对待所谓畅销榜上的那些数据。
对于大多数人来说,无论结婚与否,都会面临独居的状况。与其说独居是一种选择,不如说是一种能力,具备这种能力,能帮你有效应对生命中随时可能出现的各种变故,同时,学会独处,也是一种自我修炼。任何人都应该尽早培养独居的能力。 同婚姻生活一样,没有一劳永逸的生活方式,...
评分有一段时间,我持续关注“在中国一辈子单身,可能活得很好吗?”的话题,并阅读了所有回答。因为这从长远看来,所有人都要面对这个问题(即使步入婚姻,也很可能因离异或丧偶,小孩出国等落得孤身一人)。 此书算是比较完整探讨了独居人群这一生活方式的方方面面,包括独居人群...
评分纽约大学社会学教授艾里克·克里南伯格新近的上市《单身社会》英文名是《Going solo: The extraordinary rise and surprising appeal of living alone》,有人将其译为《独居:一个日益兴起并广受欢迎的生活方式》,我个人觉得后者的翻译才更为贴切,虽然单身和独居有许多重叠...
评分恋爱总比婚姻更令人愉快,恰似小说总比历史更令人愉快。 很多人认为“若婚姻质量下降,就没必要结婚”,这个观点看似挺合理,但仔细想想,其实是一个无解的题。持有这个观点的女性居多,因为中国社会普遍共识是男性负责家庭开支大头,结婚后势必要更多倾斜于家庭,“生活质量降...
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