Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined AmericaMacmillan, 2009 M10 13 - 235 páginas A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism Americans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. 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 and a morbid preoccupation with stamping out "negative" thoughts. On a national level, it's brought us an era of irrational optimism resulting in disaster. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best—poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage. |
Contenido
Introduction | 1 |
The Bright Side of Cancer | 15 |
TWO The Years of Magical Thinking | 45 |
THREE The Dark Roots of American Optimism | 74 |
FOUR Motivating Business and the Business of Motivation | 97 |
FIVE God Wants You to Be Rich | 123 |
The Science of Happiness | 147 |
SEVEN HOW Positive Thinking Destroyed the Economy | 177 |
EIGHT Postscript on PostPositive Thinking | 195 |
Notes | 207 |
Acknowledgments | 225 |
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