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"This study of delinquency in 1920s Chicago examines the lives of boys, many of whom spent their early years incarcerated, who survived by embracing criminal personas. Predatory masculinity emerges as a source of personal struggle, and as the basis for an array of contemporary social problems, including mass violence and suicide"--

Between 1915 and 1935 the University of Chicago was the center for the production of innovative sociological research that unearthed the marginalized existence of unconventional Americans. Referred to as the Chicago school monographs by social historians, these works brought acclaim to the country's premiere graduate program in sociology. Working at the shadowy margins of the city, these Chicago school scholars dramatically examined the lives of delinquents, prostitutes, gangsters, and homeless men. Their work harmonized with narratives of proletarian and pulp fiction and the serialized newspa

Intro -- LANDSCAPES OF ABANDONMENT -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Landscape of Abandonment -- 1. Capitalism, Abandonment, and Modernity -- 2. Abandonment and Social Theory -- 3. Psychology of Separation and Loss -- 4. Fragmentation and Abandonment of Conscience -- 5. Abandonment of Community -- 6. Abandonment of Nature -- 7. Dark Utopia: Globalization and Abandonment -- Notes -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. CAPITALISM, ABANDONMENT, AND MODERNITY -- 2. ABANDONMENT AND SOCIAL THEORY -- 3. PSYCHOLOGY OF SEPARATION AND LOSS -- 4. FRAGMENTATION AND ABANDONMENT OF CONSCIENCE -- 5. ABANDONMENT OF COMMUNITY -- 6. ABANDONMENT OF NATURE -- 7. DARK UTOPIA: GLOBALIZATION AND ABANDONMENT -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

This critical review proposes that Lacan's concept of alienation has little relevance to Marx's notion of estrangement of labor and in fact depoliticizes it. Proceeding from a position that is not unsympathetic to poststructuralist theory, the author finds fault with Lacanian structuralism and particularly enlisting the help of Durkheim in attempting to enrich Marx's psychology. While the author credits professors Worrell and Krier for attempting to take their critique of Marx to a more contemporary theoretical level, one which can potentially have value, he nevertheless sees the use of Lacan and Durkheim to rescue Marx as inappropriate, problematic, and a rejection of Marx's humanistic understanding of human relations as well as an unsupported dismissal of his notion of alienation based on human and material commodification.