Bowling Alone: The Collape of American Community - Robert Putnam

Come join Triangle Heterodox in reading the ever more relevant Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert Putnam.

Originally published in 2000, Bowling Alone charts the decline of in-person community and socializing in America - and the loss of "social capital" - through looking at everything from the advent of television correlating with Americans spending more time inside, to the decline in membership in local civic organizations, labor unions, and religious institutions.

Robert Putnam himself is a professor of comparative politics at Harvard University. The Open Syllabus Project puts him as the sixth most cited author for college political science syllabi and Barack Obama would award him the National Humanities Medal in 2012.

The concerns of Bowling Alone represent key concerns of this club. We will particularly consider the work's continued relevance in the context of digital media, the internet, the pandemic, and an increasingly mobile and transient American population.

A Nation of Homebodies - Most Recent American Time Use Study
https://archive.is/ItlYI

The Interview - 2024 Interview with Putnam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqZ4Po4vMAQ

Join or Die - Why You Should Join a Club
https://www.joinordiefilm.com/