Loneliness discussed on radio
Loneliness is an obvious and growing part of modem society — almost a universal condition. Huge social changes have led to the breakdown of the traditional nuclear family, increasing numbers of marriage breakups, and more people than ever living on their own.
Yet people seem to remain obsessed with the one-to-one mating or marriage goal, looking for that one-and-only companion, rather than trying to build up the widest possible variety and depth of social contacts, says Radio New Zealand.
“Some combination of personal characteristics, human events, and broad social changes separates us from bonds of intimacy and detaches us from webs of social affiliation,” according to David Pearson, senior lecturer in sociology at the University of Victoria. On the Concert programme at 9.35 tonight he will give the first of two talks as part of a six-part series on loneliness.
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