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The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age
Alain Ehrenberg
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Description for The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age
Paperback. A history of depression that describes the illness across social history and within psychiatry. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depressive symptoms across twentieth-century psychiatry, showing that identifying depression is far more difficult than a simple diagnostic distinction between normal and pathological sadness - the one constant in the history of depression is its changing definition. Drawing on the accumulated knowledge of a lifetime devoted to the study of the ... Read more
Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depressive symptoms across twentieth-century psychiatry, showing that identifying depression is far more difficult than a simple diagnostic distinction between normal and pathological sadness - the one constant in the history of depression is its changing definition. Drawing on the accumulated knowledge of a lifetime devoted to the study of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
McGill-Queen´s University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
563g
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773546486
SKU
V9780773546486
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About Alain Ehrenberg
Alain Ehrenberg is research director emeritus at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris.
Reviews for The Weariness of the Self: Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age
... a major contribution to the anthropology of modern individuality [Ehrenberg] demonstrates an impressive knowledge of his field. The Weariness of the Self is not, nor does it pretend to be, a treatise on clinical depression. Instead it aims to demonstrate and discuss what the syndrome may tell us about modern society... beyond doubt one of the most interesting publications ... Read more