172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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What are the psychological problems caused by modernization? How can we minimize its negative effects?
Modernization has brought many material benefits to us, yet we are constantly told how unhappy we are: crime, divorce, suicide, depression and anxiety are rampant. How can this contradiction be reconciled?
Damaged Life , originally published in 1996, presents a powerful and progressive... Read more
Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Damage Goods: The Modern Problematic 2. The Psychological Impact of Modernization 3. The Colonization of the Lifeworld 4. The Formation of the Psyche 5. The Domination of Desire 6. Ideological Formations and their Transcendence 7. The Destruction of Meaning 8. Decolonization. References. Index.
Biography
Tod Sloan is associate professor of psychology at the University of Tlilsa, in Oklahoma, and is a leading contributor to the field of personality psychology. His previous publications include Deciding: Self-deception in Life Choices, London: Methuen.
