LEADER 04019nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910817870803321 005 20240416155107.0 010 $a0-674-07444-0 010 $a0-674-07440-8 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674074408 035 $a(CKB)2550000001039405 035 $a(EBL)3301256 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860505 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11429707 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860505 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10897838 035 $a(PQKB)10909765 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301256 035 $a(DE-B1597)209805 035 $a(OCoLC)836848776 035 $a(OCoLC)956975905 035 $a(OCoLC)979967843 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674074408 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301256 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678687 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001039405 100 $a20120831d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMind, modernity, madness $ethe impact of culture on human experience /$fLiah Greenfeld 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge $cHarvard University Press$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (688 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-674-07276-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tI. Philosophical -- $t1. Premises -- $t2. The Mind as an Emergent Phenomenon -- $tII. Psychological -- $t3. Madness in Its Pure Form -- $t4. Madness Muddled -- $tIII. Historical -- $t5. The Cradle of Madness -- $t6. Going International -- $t7. Madder Than Them All -- $tAfterword -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIt'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 history, Mind, Modernity, Madness challenges the most cherished assumptions about the blessings of living in a land of the free. Modern nationalism, says Greenfeld, rests on bedrock 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. The culminating volume of Greenfeld's nationalism trilogy, Mind, Modernity, Madness is a tour de force in the classic tradition of Émile Durkheim-and a bold foray into uncharted territory. Often counter-intuitive, always illuminating, Mind, Modernity, Madness presents a many-sided view of humanity, one that enriches our deepest understanding of who we are and what we aspire to be. 606 $aMental illness$xSocial aspects$xHistory 606 $aCultural psychiatry$xHistory 606 $aNationalism$xPsychological aspects 615 0$aMental illness$xSocial aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aCultural psychiatry$xHistory. 615 0$aNationalism$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a616.89 700 $aGreenfeld$b Liah$0549034 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817870803321 996 $aMind, modernity, madness$94085057 997 $aUNINA