New Releases by Eric Klinenberg

A meticulously reported, character-driven, unforgettable investigation of a time when nothing was certain and everything was at stake, by the acclaimed sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg “A gripping, deeply moving account of a signal year in modern history, told through the stories of seven ordinary people. Klinenberg’s narrative shows how the legacy of that year continues to shape us, our politics and our personal lives.”—Siddhartha Mukherjee, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies • "I can easily see this book being invaluable in the future."—Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times 2020 will go down alongside 1914, 1929, and 1968 as one of the most consequential years in history. This riveting and affecting book is the first attempt to capture the full human experience of that fateful time. At the heart of 2020 are seven vivid profiles of ordinary New Yorkers—including an elementary school principal, a bar manager, a subway custodian, and a local political aide—whose experiences illuminate how Americans, and people across the globe, reckoned with 2020. Through these poignant stories, we revisit our own moments of hope and fear, the profound tragedies and losses in our communities, the mutual aid networks that brought us together, and the social movements that hinted at the possibilities of a better world. Eric Klinenberg vividly captures these stories, casting them against the backdrop of a high-stakes presidential election, a surge of misinformation, rising distrust, and raging protests. We move from the epicenter in New York City to Washington and London, where political leaders made the crisis so much more lethal than it had to be. We bear witness to epidemiological battles in Wuhan and Beijing, along with the initiatives of scientists, citizens, and policy makers in Australia, Japan, and Taiwan, who worked together to save lives. Klinenberg allows us to see 2020—and, ultimately, ourselves—with unprecedented clarity and empathy. His book not only helps us reckon with what we lived through, but also with the challenges we face before the next crisis arrives.

Vivimos en una época de profundas divisiones. Los estadounidenses se están clasificando por líneas raciales, religiosas y culturales, lo que lleva a un nivel de polarización nunca visto desde la guerra civil. Expertos y políticos nos piden que nos unamos y encontremos un propósito común. Pero ¿cómo, exactamente, se puede hacer esto? En Palacios del pueblo, el sociólogo Eric Klinenberg sugiere un camino. Cree que el futuro de las sociedades democráticas no se basa simplemente en valores compartidos, sino en espacios compartidos: las bibliotecas, las guarderías, las iglesias y los parques donde se forman conexiones cruciales. Entretejiendo su propia investigación con ejemplos de todo el mundo, Klinenberg muestra cómo la «infraestructura social» está ayudando a resolver algunos de nuestros desafíos sociales más urgentes. Ampliamente investigado y escrito de forma estimulante, Palacios del pueblo ofrece un plan para salvar nuestras divisiones aparentemente infranqueables.

American Public Radio nominated the best book of the year. Amazon bookstore has been reverberating continuously, and it has been recommended by readers with a high score of 4.6 stars. A sociologist from New York University responded to the ills of the times. The book of the right medicine for the atomization and desertification society. The social space that everyone can share is the key solution for regaining the close connection and vitality of civil society! For a democratic society to be able to operate continuously and soundly, it is not only the pursuit of common values, but whether the people have the space to communicate is also very important!

How can we bring people together? In Palaces for the People the sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg presents a simple but transformative idea for health, happiness, safety and healing our divided, unequal society. Too often we take for granted and neglect our libraries, parks, markets, schools, playgrounds, gardens and communal spaces, but decades of research now shows that these places can have an extraordinary effect on our personal and collective wellbeing. Why? Because wherever people cross paths and linger, wherever we gather informally, strike up a conversation and get to know one another, relationships blossom and communities emerge - and where communities are strong, people are safer and healthier, crime drops and commerce thrives, and peace, tolerance and stability take root. Through uplifting human stories and an illuminating tour through the science of social connection, Palaces for the People shows that properly designing and maintaining this 'social infrastructure' might be our single best strategy for a more equal and united society.

Viviamo in un periodo di profonde divisioni. La polarizzazione e le frammentazioni su base culturale, razziale e religiosa stanno raggiungendo livelli mai visti. In questo volume, Eric Klinenberg ci suggerisce una via da seguire. Argomenta come il futuro delle società democratiche si basi non solo su valori condivisi, ma su spazi condivisi: biblioteche, centri per l'infanzia, librerie, chiese, sinagoghe e parchi dove si formano connessioni cruciali, che possono anche salvare delle vite. Questi sono luoghi in cui le persone si ritrovano, stringono amicizie e rafforzano l'intera comunità. Klinenberg li definisce "infrastrutture sociali" e ci dimostra come siano elementi chiave per una società che prosperi e sia armoniosa. Klinenberg ci porta in giro per il mondo ‒ da una scuola galleggiante in Bangladesh a un incubatore creativo a Chicago, da un campo da calcio nel Queens a una chiesa evangelica a Houston ‒ per mostrare come le infrastrutture sociali stiano aiutando a risolvere alcune delle nostre sfide più urgenti: l'isolamento, la criminalità, le dipendenze e la polarizzazione politica. Scritto da un professore di sociologia, già autore di diversi bestseller nella classifica del New York Times, il volume espone in modo divulgativo una ricetta per il futuro delle nostre società e per la salvaguardia della democrazia.

The #1 New York Times Bestseller “An engaging look at the often head-scratching, frequently infuriating mating behaviors that shape our love lives.” —Refinery 29 A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated? Some of our problems are unique to our time. “Why did this guy just text me an emoji of a pizza?” “Should I go out with this girl even though she listed Combos as one of her favorite snack foods? Combos?!” “My girlfriend just got a message from some dude named Nathan. Who’s Nathan? Did he just send her a photo of his penis? Should I check just to be sure?” But the transformation of our romantic lives can’t be explained by technology alone. In a short period of time, the whole culture of finding love has changed dramatically. A few decades ago, people would find a decent person who lived in their neighborhood. Their families would meet and, after deciding neither party seemed like a murderer, they would get married and soon have a kid, all by the time they were twenty-four. Today, people marry later than ever and spend years of their lives on a quest to find the perfect person, a soul mate. For years, Aziz Ansari has been aiming his comic insight at modern romance, but for Modern Romance, the book, he decided he needed to take things to another level. He teamed up with NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg and designed a massive research project, including hundreds of interviews and focus groups conducted everywhere from Tokyo to Buenos Aires to Wichita. They analyzed behavioral data and surveys and created their own online research forum on Reddit, which drew thousands of messages. They enlisted the world’s leading social scientists, including Andrew Cherlin, Eli Finkel, Helen Fisher, Sheena Iyengar, Barry Schwartz, Sherry Turkle, and Robb Willer. The result is unlike any social science or humor book we’ve seen before. In Modern Romance, Ansari combines his irreverent humor with cutting-edge social science to give us an unforgettable tour of our new romantic world.

全民滑手機的時代， 每個角落都充滿尋找真愛的人…… 這本終極戀愛指南，讓你今天就脫隊， 一路幸福到爆﹗ 機會那麼多，為何還單身？ 比老派約會還坎坷的網路世代愛情規則， 你一定要知道！ 馬克 職場圖文作家 翻白眼吧！溫蒂妮小姐。 插畫家 捧腹推薦 ☆紐約時報暢銷書 ☆Goodreads 2015年最佳Nonfiction 婚姻曾是一種經濟制度，約兩個世代以前的男女，在20出頭就相親嫁娶住家附近的鄰居，生兒育女、建立社會地位、綿延家族傳統，並提供陪伴。進入全民滑手機的新世代，對伴侶的要求不再只有傳宗接代與安穩溫飽，另一半還必須是你的靈魂伴侶、火辣情人。 網路世代對伴侶的要求，過去可能需要一整個村莊才能提供：給我財產、身分、安穩的生活；同時也給我超凡、神祕、驚奇的感受；讓我安適，也讓我激動；讓我覺得新鮮，也讓我覺得熟悉；我不要意外，但我要驚喜。 理論上只要夠幸運，找到靈魂伴侶，生命就會改觀，從此一路幸福到爆。 問題是，靈魂伴侶可難找了。 阿茲．安薩里，當代最敏銳的喜劇泰斗之一， 以幽默的筆觸深入探討新世代戀愛甘苦。 人生走到某個階段，不免就要踏上追尋愛情的旅程。我們反覆經歷與異性的相識、約會、戀愛、分手，都是為了覓得相守一生的伴侶。這個過程已可說是稀鬆平常，卻與短短十年前的情況大相逕庭。今日的單身人士所享有的戀愛機會之多，是人類歷史上之最。 短短數年之內，尋覓愛侶的方式已產生巨幅改變。數十年前，許多人結婚的對象就只是看起來還不錯的隔壁鄰居，雙方家人先見個面，確認對方應該不是殺人犯之後就結婚，然後很快生孩子，全都在22歲之前完成。時至今日，一般人逐漸晚婚，因此也有更多時間去尋覓完美對象、靈魂伴侶。 作者阿茲．安薩里多年以來均以新世代戀愛為喜劇表演主軸。為了撰寫此書，他將研究工作提升到另一個層次，與紐約大學社會學家艾瑞克．克林南柏格合作設計一項大規模研究計畫，包含數百次的訪問與主題座談，地點遍布東京、巴黎、布宜諾斯艾利斯、杜哈、洛杉磯、紐約、威奇托等城市。他們也研析多項行為研究資料與意見調查，並且藉由reddit網站的平台建立分類主題論壇，獲得數以千計的貼文響應。 本書以針針見血的幽默語言呈現當代社會科學研究結果，對當代戀愛現象的闡述方式不僅是創舉，還能時時搏君一笑。

With eye-opening statistics, original data, and vivid portraits of people who live alone, renowned sociologist Eric Klinenberg upends conventional wisdom to deliver the definitive take on how the rise of going solo is transforming the American experience. Klinenberg shows that most single dwellers—whether in their twenties or eighties—are deeply engaged in social and civic life. There's even evidence that people who live alone enjoy better mental health and have more environmentally sustainable lifestyles. Drawing on more than three hundred in-depth interviews, Klinenberg presents a revelatory examination of the most significant demographic shift since the baby boom and offers surprising insights on the benefits of this epochal change.

Describes how the impact of corporate ownership and control of local media has transformed American political and cultural life, leading to an age of canned programming and virtual DJs.

Heat waves in the United States kill more people during a typical year than any other natural disaster. Focusing on the 1995 Chicago heatwave, Klinenberg demonstrates the cracks in the social foundations of the city that remain to this day.