Strange Journey - John R. Friedeberg Seeley and the Quest for Mental Health

This biographical history follows John R. Friedeberg Seeley's iconoclastic career as a pre-eminent 1950s "Pop Sociologist." Seeley was the author of Crestwood Heights, a seminal work of postwar social science. He was also a controversial leader of the postwar mental health movement, and a founding father of York University.

List of contents

Prologue
1. Wolff Child
2. A Splendid Chap
3. An Opening Gun
4. Pop Sociology
5.Empire
6. How to Murder a Community
7. Film Noir
8. The Isle of Nuts
9. Waspish Tone
10. Jewish Tempers
11. The Flash
12. Wild Surmises
13. Floating Anxiety
14. The Unpublished Version of Crestwood Heights
15. Waspish Tone
16. Jewish Tempers in the Village
17. Protégé
18. Uprising at York University

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Paul Roberts Bentley holds an MSc. (Econ) in International Relations from the London School of Economics, and an Ed. D. in the History and Philosophy of Education from the University of Toronto. He has worked as a History Teacher and Head of Department in Ontario High Schools for over 25 years.

Summary

This biographical history follows the iconoclastic career of John R. Friedeberg Seeley, pre-eminent "Pop Sociologist" and Mental Health Activist of the 1950s.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Bentley, Paul Roberts Bentley
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781644690499
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-049-9
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: North American Jewish Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Biography / Autobiography, Social Scientists & Psychologists