ABSTRACT
This chapter examines more systematically the claim that modernization has undesirable psychological consequences. The psychological aspect of modernization has not been studied, has not been the subject of extensive research, but it has been demonstrated that modern characteristics can be measured and compared. The analysis of the psychological impact of modernization presented in The Homeless Mind is impressive both in its scope and its relevance for everyday life. The psychological aspect of modernization has not been studied, has not been the subject of extensive research, but it has been demonstrated that modern characteristics can be measured and compared. Pre-capitalist social relations, according to Schneider, were mythologically and religiously embellished master-servant relationships; but it was not yet, as in capitalist society, a case of objectified but of personal dependence relationships in which the social-instinctual and emotional structure was also embedded.
