The book of phobias & manias : a history of the world in 99 obsessions
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-2022
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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.
Main title:
The book of phobias & manias : a history of the world in 99 obsessions / Kate Summerscale.
Author:
Summerscale, Kate, 1965-, authorWellcome Collection, associated with work
Imprint:
London : Profile Books, 2022.
Collation:
239 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Published in association with Wellcome Collection.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781788162814 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Related title:
The Book of Phobias and Manias [electronic resource] : A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
Subject:
BRN:
94897