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This book analyses three of the most prevalent illnesses of late
modernity: anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's disease, in terms of
their relation to cultural pathologies of the social body. Usually
these conditions are interpreted clinically in terms of
individualized symptoms and responded to discretely, as though for
the most part unrelated to each other. However, these diseases also
have a social and cultural profile that transcends their particular
symptomologies and etiologies. Anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's
are diseases related to disorders of the collective esprit de corps
of contemporary society. Multidisciplinary in approach, the book
addresses questions of how these conditions are manifest at both
the individual and collective levels in relation to hegemonic
biomedical and psychologistic understandings. Rejecting such
reductive diagnoses, the authors argue that anxiety, depression and
Alzheimer's disease, as well as other contemporary epidemics, are
to be analysed in the light of individual and collective
experiences of profound and radical changes in our civilization. A
diagnosis of our times, Late Modern Subjectivity and its
Discontents will appeal to a broad range of scholars with interests
in health and illness, the sociology of medicine and contemporary
life.
This book analyses three of the most prevalent illnesses of late
modernity: anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's disease, in terms of
their relation to cultural pathologies of the social body. Usually
these conditions are interpreted clinically in terms of
individualized symptoms and responded to discretely, as though for
the most part unrelated to each other. However, these diseases also
have a social and cultural profile that transcends their particular
symptomologies and etiologies. Anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's
are diseases related to disorders of the collective esprit de corps
of contemporary society. Multidisciplinary in approach, the book
addresses questions of how these conditions are manifest at both
the individual and collective levels in relation to hegemonic
biomedical and psychologistic understandings. Rejecting such
reductive diagnoses, the authors argue that anxiety, depression and
Alzheimer's disease, as well as other contemporary epidemics, are
to be analysed in the light of individual and collective
experiences of profound and radical changes in our civilization. A
diagnosis of our times, Late Modern Subjectivity and its
Discontents will appeal to a broad range of scholars with interests
in health and illness, the sociology of medicine and contemporary
life.
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