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Bright-Sided

Hardcover • 2009 • English • 1. edition

Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

By Barbara Ehrenreich

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About the book

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. "Confronts the false promises of positive thinking and shows its reach into every corner of American life, from Evangelical megachurches to the medical establishment, and, worse of all, to the business community, where the refusal to consider negative outcomes -- like mortgage defaults -- contributed directly to the current economic disaste...Show more

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ISBN

9780805087499

Publisher

Metropolitan Books

Published year

2009

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Bright-Sided

Format

Hardcover

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