Against Happiness by Eric G Wilson
We are addicted to happiness. More than any other generation, Americans today believe in the power of positive thinking. But who says we're supposed to be happy? In Against Happiness, the scholar Eric G. Wilson argues that melancholia is necessary to any thriving culture, that it is the muse of great literature, painting, music, and innovation--and that it is the force underlying original insights.
So enough Prozac-ing of our brains. Let's embrace our depressive side as the wellspring of creativity. It's time to throw off the shackles of positivity and relish the blues thatmake us human.Wilson is the son of Thomas H. Wilson. Wake Forest University's Pritchard Professor of English Against Happiness: In Praise of Melancholy and The Mercy of Eternity: A Memoir of Depression and Grace are two of his books. He's also the author of Hidden Cinema: Gnostic Vision in Film, The Melancholy Android: On the Psychology of Sacred Machines, Coleridge's Melancholia: An Anatomy of Limbo, The Spiritual History of Ice, Romantic Turbulence, and Emerson's Sublime Science.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374531669 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374531668 |
| Title | Against Happiness |
| Author | Eric G Wilson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Year published | 2009-01-20 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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