Madness in Cold War America

This study presents a cultural history of madness in the Cold War, tracing its origins in the transfer of European psychology, the re-evaluation of psychosis in the Sixties and the retreat of the left under Reagan.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Cold War Madness
2. The Pathologies of Dissent: Constructing the Cold War Psyche
3. Practical Cures: From Radical Psychiatry to Self Help
4. A Sane Madness?: Psychosis and Cold War Countercultures
5. Paranoid Narrative: Writing the Secret History of the Cold War
6. A Schizophrenic Postmodernity: Literary Studies and the Politics of Critique

About the author

Alexander Dunst is Assistant Professor of American Studies at the University of Paderborn.

Summary

This study presents a cultural history of madness in the Cold War, tracing its origins in the transfer of European psychology, the re-evaluation of psychosis in the Sixties and the retreat of the left under Reagan.

Additional text

"Madness in Cold War America will undoubtedly be beneficial to scholars and graduate students interested in the psychiatric, political, and cultural impact of mental illness, both past and present."
- John Little, American University, USA

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Dunst, Alexander (University of Paderborn Dunst
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2019
• EAN: 9780367264000
• ISBN: 978-0-367-26400-0
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Routledge Studies in Cultural History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous