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In the bestselling Affluenza, leading psychologist Oliver James toured the minds of the middle classes in search of an answer to the question: Is it possible to be successful and stay sane? In this seminal work, James brings the focus back to Britain and proves that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners.
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Showing that the way we live now, rather than our genes, induces in our bodies low levels of the 'happiness brain chemical' serotonin, Oliver James analyses the deep-seated emotional malaise that has afflicted Britons since the 1990s. By recognising the role of individualism in raising expectations, increasing discontent, spawning psychopathic behaviour and destroying personal relationships, James puts forward a three-point plan for healing by correcting the chemical imbalance directly - through drugs containing serotonin, taking a complementary course of psychotherapy and, on a political level, by reorganising society on Scandinavian lines.
In this revised and updated edition, Oliver James puts capitalism in the dock like never before and discovers that while it might be good for business, it is bad for mental health.
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"A fascinating book" (Sunday Times)
"Vital questions are explored in this stimulating tract for our times, which deserves to be widely read, especially by those who govern us" (Anthony Storr)
"Well worth reading ... the author has recognised important social phenomena which have escaped less astute or honest observers" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Oliver James is a necessary and powerful voice in our culture, and Britain on the Couch is a fabulous exposure of the failure of the neo-liberal project" (Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler)
"I think Oliver James and I are getting at the same thing: we are encouraged to believe that we can sort out our problems without any real effort and get pretty fed up when it becomes obvious we can't" (John Humphreys, Devil's Advocate)
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"Vital questions are explored in this stimulating tract for our times, which deserves to be widely read, especially by those who govern us" (Anthony Storr)
"Well worth reading ... the author has recognised important social phenomena which have escaped less astute or honest observers" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Oliver James is a necessary and powerful voice in our culture, and Britain on the Couch is a fabulous exposure of the failure of the neo-liberal project" (Tom Hodgkinson, editor of the Idler)
"I think Oliver James and I are getting at the same thing: we are encouraged to believe that we can sort out our problems without any real effort and get pretty fed up when it becomes obvious we can't" (John Humphreys, Devil's Advocate)
Why we're unhappier compared with 1950, despite being richer - from bestselling author of Affluenza, Oliver James
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- EditoreVermilion
- Data di pubblicazione2010
- ISBN 10 0091929849
- ISBN 13 9780091929848
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine512
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: New. The author of the bestselling Affluenza examines British society during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, when mental illness grew substantially even though wealth was increasing and education became more accessible. He identifies two causes: pathological comparison of ourselves with others and shifting gender relations. The book was first published in 1998; each chapter in this second edition has a postscript analysing more recent changes in society. Codice articolo 225488
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. States that modern life makes us feel like losers, even if we are winners. Showing that the way we live, rather than our genes, induces in our bodies low levels of the happiness brain chemical serotonin, this title analyses the deep-seated emotional malai. Codice articolo 594348778
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