Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America
(2009)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
155.232/EHRENREICH,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
235 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780805087499, 0805087494
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Smile or die : the bright side of cancer -- The years of magical thinking -- The dark roots of American optimism -- Motivating business and the business of motivation -- God wants you to be rich -- Positive psychology : the science of happiness -- How positive thinking destroyed the economy -- Postscript on post-positive thinking
A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage