num_pages: 296
description: Growing Up Absurd analyses the causes &amp; effects of: "the disgrace of the Organised System, of semi-monopolies, government, advertisers etc. &amp; the disaffection of the growing generation". Goodman asserts that the young really need a more worthwhile world in order to grow up at all, confronting this real need with the world that they've been getting.
language: English
title: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized System
titlecomplete: Growing Up Absurd: Problems of Youth in the Organized System
genres: Social Science, Politics, Philosophy, Psychology, Nonfiction, Education, Memoir, Essays, Sociology, Society
ratings_count: 486
publisher: Vintage