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

by Liah Greenfeld

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674072766
• ISBN13: 9780674072763
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.8" x 9.3"