Mind, Modernity, Madness : the Impact of Culture on Human Experience /

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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 unpreceden...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Greenfeld, Liah (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Mental illness > Social aspects > History.
Cultural psychiatry > History.
Nationalism > Psychological aspects.
Culture.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Social psychology.
Humans
Mental Disorders > history
Culture
Ethnopsychology > history
Philosophy, Medical
Psychology, Social
Maladies mentales > Aspect social > Histoire.
Ethnopsychiatrie > Histoire.
Nationalisme > Aspect psychologique.
Médecine > Philosophie.
Psychologie sociale.
culture note.
social psychology.
MEDICAL > Mental Health.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > General.
PSYCHOLOGY > Clinical Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychopathology > General.
Cultural psychiatry.
Mental illness > Social aspects.
Postmoderne
Freiheit
Selbstverwirklichung
Überforderung
Psychische Störung
Gesellschaftskritik
Psykiska sjukdomar > sociala aspekter > historia.
Socialpsykiatri > historia.
Nationalism > psykologiska aspekter.
Fulltext.
Historical Works.
Internet Resources.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 670 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780674074408
0674074408

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