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Liah Greenfeld Mind, Modernity, Madness (Hardback)

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gtin13: 9780674072763 Item Width: 6.6 in Item Weight: 43.9 Oz Item Length: 9.5 in Publisher: Harvard University Press Country of Origin: US Publication Year: 2013 Subject: Sociology / General, General, Psychopathology / General, Psychiatry / General, Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism Book Title: Mind, Modernity, Madness Item Height: 1.9 in Publication Name: Mind, Modernity, Madness : the Impact of Culture on Human Experience Type: Textbook Number of Pages: 610 Pages ISBN-10: 0674072766 Release Year: 2013 Release Date: 04/08/2013 EAN: 9780674072763 Language: English Genre: Medicine Subject Area: Philosophy, Political Science, Social Science, Psychology, Medical Author: Liah Greenfeld Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9780674072763 Subtitle: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience

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Further Details Title: Mind, Modernity, Madness Condition: New Subtitle: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience Author: Liah Greenfeld Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0674072766 EAN: 9780674072763 ISBN: 9780674072763 Publisher: Harvard University Press Genre: Medicine Topic: Social Sciences, Society & Culture Release Date: 04/08/2013 Description: It’s the American dream—unfettered freedom to follow our ambitions, to forge our identities, to become self-made. But what if our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is actually making millions desperately ill? One of our leading interpreters of modernity and nationalism, Liah Greenfeld argues that we have overlooked the connection between egalitarian society and mental illness. Intellectually fearless, encompassing philosophy, psychology, and history, Mind, Modernity, Madness challenges the most cherished assumptions about the blessings of living in a land of the free. Modern nationalism, says Greenfeld, rests on bedrock principles of popular sovereignty, equality, and secularism. Citizens of the twenty-first century enjoy unprecedented freedom to become the authors of their personal destinies. Empowering as this is, it also places them under enormous psychic strain. They must constantly appraise their identities, manage their desires, and calibrate their place within society. For vulnerable individuals, this pressure is too much. Training her analytic eye on extensive case histories in manic depression and schizophrenia, Greenfeld contends that these illnesses are dysfunctions of selfhood caused by society’s overburdening demands for self-realization. In her rigorous diagnosis, madness is a culturally constituted malady. The culminating volume of Greenfeld’s nationalism trilogy, Mind, Modernity, Madness is a tour de force in the classic tradition of Émile Durkheim—and a bold foray into uncharted territory. Often counter-intuitive, always illuminating, Mind, Modernity, Madness presents a many-sided view of humanity, one that enriches our deepest understanding of who we are and what we aspire to be. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 235mm Item Length: 156mm Release Year: 2013 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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