Mind Modernity Madness The Impact Of Culture On Human Experience

In this book, Liah Greenfeld challenges the biological and genetic explanations for mental illnesses, instead arguing that conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression are symptoms of modernity and the cultural demands of selfhood.

Greenfeld contends that these illnesses are dysfunctions of selfhood caused by society’s overburdening demands for self-realization, which are rooted in the principles of modern nationalism such as popular sovereignty, equality, and secularism.

The book presents a many-sided view of humanity, enriching our understanding of who we are and what we aspire to be.