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Bright-sided How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

by: Ehrenreich, Barbara

Bright-sided How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

by: Ehrenreich, Barbara

ISBN 13:
9780805087499
ISBN 10:
0805087494
Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/13/2009
Publisher: Metropolitan Books

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Summary

With the mythbusting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of America's penchant for positive thinking. On a personal level, it leads to self-blame; on a national level, it's ushered in an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best.

Author Biography

Barbara Ehrenreich is the bestselling author of sixteen previous books, including the bestsellers Nickel and Dimed and Bait and Switch. A frequent contributor to Harper’s and The Nation, she has also been a columnist at The New York Times and Time magazine.

Introduction	p. 1
Smile or Die: The Bright Side of Cancer	p. 15
The Years of Magical Thinking	p. 45
The Dark Roots of American Optimism	p. 74
Motivating Business and the Business of Motivation	p. 97
God Wants You to Be Rich	p. 123
Positive Psychology: The Science of Happiness	p. 147
How Positive Thinking Destroyed the Economy	p. 177
Postscript on Post-Positive Thinking	p. 195
Notes	p. 207
Acknowledgments	p. 223
Index	p. 227
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