Neurosis and Modernity: The Age of Nervousness in Sweden (History of Science and Medicine Library, 2)
Neurosis and Modernity: The Age of Nervousness in Sweden (History of Science and Medicine Library, 2)
In western countries, paths to modernity created socio-cultural conditions conducive to the dissemination of the language of nerves. This book examines historically the ways in which neurosis became a contagious diagnosis in Sweden, attaining the status of a national malady.