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Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America / Barbara Ehrenreich.

Summary:

Exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking, which the author believes leads to self-blame and a preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts on a personal level, and, on a national level, has brought on economic disaster.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780805087499
  • ISBN: 0805087494
  • Physical Description: 235 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2009.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject:
Happiness > United States.
Optimism > United States.
Success in business > United States.
Self-confidence > United States.
Self-confidence.

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