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Bright-sided - How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America
Brightsided How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
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. — In thi...  more »
ISBN: 290564
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Publisher: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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A very enlightening (and frustrating!) look at the origination and proliferation of the cult of positive thinking in America. I've never subscribed to the feel-goodism philosophy, and it was interesting to learn of its roots and just why it's taken over so many aspects of one's daily life within the family and workplace. Relentless, blind optimism sucks!
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