Artificial Happiness
Ronald W. Dworkin · 2006
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About the book
Examines the rise of psychotropic drugs; alternative medicine; the belief in endorphins as a way to maximize health through exercise; and medicine's investigations of spirituality — all during the past thirty years — fitting them together into a story that puts Americans at the center of a novel social experiment: helping people feel happy independent of the facts in their lives. Though well-intentioned, Dworkin identifies a dark side, asserting that Prozac, for instance, is freezing people in unsatisfactory relationships and jobs, nullifying their impulse to change, because of the "happiness" induced by the medicine. – from publisher description.
Book details
- Year
- 2006
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 336
- ISBN
- 9780786717149
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