Neurosis and modernity : the age of nervousness in Sweden /
In late 19th-century Sweden, paths to modernity created socio-cultural conditions conducive to the dissemination of the language of nerves. This book shows how neurosis became an extremely contagious diagnosis, and how our modern language of discontent, stress and malaise has a history that goes bac...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007
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| Series: | History of science and medicine library ;
v. 2. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | In late 19th-century Sweden, paths to modernity created socio-cultural conditions conducive to the dissemination of the language of nerves. This book shows how neurosis became an extremely contagious diagnosis, and how our modern language of discontent, stress and malaise has a history that goes back to the birth of modern neuroses in the 1880s. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 391 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-381) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047421245 9047421248 |
| ISSN: | 1872-0684 ; |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
