A captivating A-Z from the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher Do you recoil in arachnophobic horror at the sight of a spider - or twitch with nomophobia when you misplace your mobile phone? Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania? Perhaps you find yourself mired in indecision and uncertainty? (Would it be reassuring to give this a name: aboulomania?) Our phobias and manias are contradictory and multiple: deeply intimate, yet forged by the times we live in - the commonest form of anxiety disorder, but rarely given a formal diagnosis. Plunge into this rich, surprising and fascinating A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from pre-history to the present day, as award-winning author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and present, the psychological and social, the personal and the political.
| ISBN: | 9781800813359 |
| Publication date: | 22nd September 2022 |
| Author: | Kate Summerscale |
| Publisher: | Wellcome Collection an imprint of Profile Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Genres: |
Psychology General and world history History of ideas Psychology: emotions Social, group or collective psychology History of medicine Society and Social Sciences Society and culture: general Health & Fitness History of science |