Mind, Modernity, Madness: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience

Liah Greenfeld

Published by Harvard University Press 2013

Mind, Modernity, Madness

The Impact of Culture on Human Experience

Liah Greenfeld

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674074408

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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.

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Greenfeld Liah :

Liah Greenfeld is University Professor and Professor of Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology at Boston University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
I. Philosophical
1. Premises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
2. The Mind as an Emergent Phenomenon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
II. Psychological
3. Madness in Its Pure Form Schizophrenia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
4. Madness Muddled Manic-Depressive Illness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
III. Historical
5. The Cradle of Madness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
6. Going International The Spread of Madness in Europe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	402
7. Madder Than Them All From the Records of American Insanity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	522
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	615
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	629
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	663

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 688
Illustrations
- Other: 1 line illustration, 2 tables
Keywords: PHILOSOPHY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Illness; MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General

eBook

Published: April 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674074408