Smile or die - how positive thinking fooled America and the world

Häftad bok. Granta . First uppl. 2009. 235 sidor.

Nyskick. In this utterly original and witty debunking, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the cult of positive thinking in America - from the women with breast cancer who find themselves surrounded by pink ribbons and platitudes, to the refusal to consider negative outcomes in business which contributed directly to the recent economic disaster.
In her sharp and hugely entertaining account, Ehrenreich examines the impact of positive thinking on religion, medicine, academia and the business community. She exposes the psychological effects of a world which tells us to 'put on a happy face' and the blindness of nations that refuse to imagine the worst. Ehrenreich pokes holes in conventional wisdom and faux science, and ends with a rallying cry for clarity and courage.
Advance praise:
Unless you keep on saying that you believe in fairies, Tinker Bell will check out, and what's more, her sad demise will be your fault! Barbara Ehrenreich scores again for the independent-minded in resisting this drool and all those who wallow in it. Christopher Hitchens
'It's Ehrenreich's belief that almost everything that's wrong in this country comes from an addiction to positive thinking ...
Ehrenreich convinced me so completely that I hesitate to say anything so positive as that this book will change the way you see absolutely everything; but it just might.' Nora Ephron.