Modernity and Cultural Decline: A Biobehavioral Perspective

by Matthew Alexandar Sarraf, Colin Feltham, Michael A Woodley of Menie

Book Overview

This book argues that despite the many real advantages that industrial modernity has yielded--including large gains in wealth, longevity, and (possibly) happiness--it has occurred together with the appearance of a variety of serious problems. Chief among these are probable losses in subjective existential purpose and increases in psychopathology. A highly original theory of the ultimate basis of these trends is advanced, which unites prior work...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030329860
• ISBN13: 9783030329860
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"