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Weariness of the Self

Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age

By: Alain Ehrenberg

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Weariness of the Self

Diagnosing the History of Depression in the Contemporary Age

By: Alain Ehrenberg

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 individual in modern democratic society, Ehrenberg shows that the phenomenon of modern depression is not a construction of the pharmaceutical industry but a pathology arising from inadequacy in a social context where success is attributed to, and expected of, the autonomous individual. In so doing, he provides both a novel and convincing description of the illness that clarifies the intertwining relationship between its diagnostic history and changes in social norms and values. The first book to offer both a global sociological view of contemporary depression and a detailed description of psychiatric reasoning and its transformation - from the invention of electroshock therapy to mass consumption of Prozac - The Weariness of the Self offers a compelling exploration of depression as social fact.

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376

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773578706

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9780773578708

International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis

By: A. de Mijolla

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International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis

By: A. de Mijolla

The history of psychoanalysis in 50 countries shows the relationship between psychoanalysis and other disciplines, with entries discussing writers, philosophers, literary movements and historical events.

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824

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MacMillan Reference Library

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0028659252

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9780028659251

Freud

By: Alain de Mijolla

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Freud

By: Alain de Mijolla

Comment Freud en est-il venu à interpréter les rêves ? Quelle est l’histoire de l’auto-analyse de Freud ? Comment débutaient ses séances ? Freud aimait-il l’argent ? Que pensait-il des femmes ? Pour répondre à ces cinq questions (et à toutes les autres), Alain de Mijolla est allé puiser notamment dans un très vaste ensemble de lettres écrites par le fondateur de la psychanalyse. On suit Freud dans son cheminement et son travail mais on découvre aussi l’homme au quotidien, s’exprimant sur les enfants, l’amour, ses amis, le judaïsme, la France, l’homosexualité, le nazisme. Fidèle à une démarche de psychanalyste, Alain de Mijolla livre un puzzle de cent pièces à la fin duquel apparaît un Freud immensément présent.

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235

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La Boétie

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2368650253

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9782368650257

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