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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Greenfeld, Liah
Titre(s) : Mind, modernity, madness [Texte imprimé] : the impact of culture on human experience / Liah Greenfeld
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : Harvard University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : x, 670 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Comprend : Philosophical. Premises ; The mind as an emergent phenomenon ; Psychological. Madness
in its pure form: schizophrenia ; Madness muddled: manic-depressive illiness ; Historical.
The cradle of madness ; Going international: the spread of madness in Europe ; Madder
than them all: from the records of American insanity.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
In the culminating volume of her nationalism trilogy, Greenfeld argues that we have
overlooked the connection between egalitarian society and mental illness. Modern nationalism
rests on 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
Sujet(s) : Maladies mentales -- Société
Nationalisme -- Psychologie
Ethnopsychiatrie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674072763 (rel.). - ISBN 0674072766
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb435811974
Notice n° :
FRBNF43581197
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