Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason
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In this sweeping and provocative work, political economist William Davies draws on a four-hundred-year history of ideas to reframe our understanding of the contemporary world. He argues that global trends decades and even centuries in the making have reduced a world of logic and fact into one driven by emotions--particularly fear and anxiety. This has ushered in an age of "nervous states," both in our individual bodies and our body politic. Eloquently...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0393635384
ISBN13:9780393635386
Release Date:February 2019
Publisher:W. W. Norton & Company
Length:272 Pages
Weight:1.13 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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