"There was a time when the phrase "It's none of your business" meant
something. Not anymore. A boorish and persistent army of meddlers,
equipped with righteous indignation and a formidable array of
theories and technologies, has made almost everyone's business its
own. Meddling in the lives of others is now the republic's most
visible obsession." "Working within the symbolic interactionist
tradition of cultural analysis and criticism, Charles Edgley and
Dennis Brissett analyze this emergent phenomenon with insightful and
provocative descriptions about how we came to be this way, why
meddling is so appealing, and how meddling is packaged and marketed.
Their conclusion offers wise and sometimes witty cautions about the
proper relationship between the individual and society."--BOOK
JACKET.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index.
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