Mind, Modernity, Madness
Author | : Liah Greenfeld |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 685 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674074408 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674074408 |
Rating | : 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Mind, Modernity, Madness by : Liah Greenfeld
Download or read book Mind, Modernity, Madness written by Liah Greenfeld and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 685 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading interpreter of modernity argues that our culture of limitless self-fulfillment is making millions mentally ill. Training her analytic eye on manic depression and schizophrenia, Liah Greenfeld, in the culminating volume of her trilogy on nationalism, traces these dysfunctions to society’s overburdening demands for self-realization.