Bright-sided how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America

A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism, existential clarity and courage.

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Main Author: Ehrenreich, Barbara
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.