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Author:

Ehrenberg, Alain.

Title:

The weariness of the self : diagnosing the history of depression in the contemporary age / Alain Ehrenberg.

Publisher:

McGill-Queen's University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxx, 345 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Depression--history.
History, 20th Century.
History, 21st Century.
Psychology, Social--history.
Depression, Mental--Social aspects.
Depression, Mental--History.
Social psychology.
Dépression--Aspect social.
Dépression--Histoire.
Psychologie sociale.

Other Titles:

La fatigue d'être soi. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Allan Young -- Introduction: Sovereignty of the self or the return of nervousness -- Sick self. Birth of the psychic self -- Electroconvulsive therapy : technique, mood, and depression -- Socialization of an indefinable pathology -- Twilight of neurosis. Psychological front : guilt without an instruction manual -- Medical front : new avenues for the depressive mood -- Inadequate individual. Depressive breakdown -- Uncertain subject of depression, or end of the century individuality -- Conclusion: The weight of the possible.

ISBN:

0773536256 (bound)
9780773536258 (bound)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320186199

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)