1st Edition

Madness in Cold War America

By Alexander Dunst Copyright 2017
174 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

184 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book tells the story of how madness came to play a prominent part in America’s political and cultural debates. It argues that metaphors of madness rise to unprecedented popularity amidst the domestic struggles of the early Cold War and become a pre-eminent way of understanding the relationship between politics and culture in the United States. In linking the individual psyche to... Read more

1. Introduction: Cold War Madness

2. The Pathologies of Dissent: Constructing the Cold War Psyche

3. Practical Cures: From Radical Psychiatry to Self Help

4. A Sane Madness?: Psychosis and Cold War Countercultures

5. Paranoid Narrative: Writing the Secret History of the Cold War

6. A Schizophrenic Postmodernity: Literary Studies and the Politics of Critique

Biography

Alexander Dunst is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Paderborn.

"Madness in Cold War America will undoubtedly be beneficial to scholars and graduate students interested in the psychiatric, political, and cultural impact of mental illness, both past and present."

- John Little, American University, USA