{"product_id":"cultural-history-of-solitude","title":"Cultural History of Solitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow have our   social and cultural perceptions of solitude changed across different cultures   over the centuries? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a work that spans 2,500 years these   ambitious questions are addressed by around 60 experts, each contributing their   overview of a theme applied to a period in history. They illustrate broad   trends and nuances of the social and cultural nature of solitude globally   from antiquity to the present, covering a whole range of forms of   ‘aloneness’, both positive and negative, chosen and imposed.  These include the experience of healthy   solitude and the suffering of loneliness, splendid isolation and alienation, exile   and incarceration, meditative silence and oppressive silencing.  Individual people grow and learn through   both connection and separation, togetherness and individuation, so too do   communities. Individual volume editors ensure the cohesion of the whole, and   to make it as easy as possible to use, chapter titles are identical across   each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period   in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the   relevant chapter in each of the six.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume   Editors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Antiquity   (800 BC – 500 CE): Aaron J Kachuck, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium\u003cbr\u003e2. Middle Ages (500 – 1450): Bronwen Neil,   Macquarie University, Australia, and Catherine Rosbrook, Ghent University,   Belgium\u003cbr\u003e   3. Early Modern Age (1450 – 1700): Andrew Mattison, University of Toledo, USA\u003cbr\u003e   4. Eighteenth Century (1700 – 1800): Giovanni Tarantino, University of   Florence, Italy\u003cbr\u003e   5. Nineteenth Century (1800 – 1900): Catherine Samiei, York St John   University, UK, and Julian Stern, Bishop Grosseteste University, UK\u003cbr\u003e   6. Modern Age (1900 – present): Peter Scharff Smith, Oslo University, Norway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe six volumes cover: 1 – Antiquity (500   BCE to 500 CE); 2 – Middle Ages (500 to 1450); 3 – Early Modern Age (1450 to 1700);   4 – Eighteenth Century (1700 to 1800); 5 – Nineteenth Century (1800 to 1900);   6 – Modern Age (1900 to the present).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThemes (and chapter titles) are: creative arts and solitude; religion and solitude; health and solitude; nature, the environment and solitude; work, play and solitude; travel, migration and solitude; punishment and solitude; and emotions and solitude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe page extent for the pack is   approximately 2,112pp.   Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cultural Histories Series\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA   Cultural History of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are   available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one   subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their   shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to   institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access. See www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com for further information or to access content.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57503730663797,"sku":"9781350352346","price":395.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/cultural-history-of-solitude","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}