Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason

by William Davies

Book Overview

In this sweeping and provocative work, political economist William Davies draws on a four-hundred-year history of ideas to reframe our understanding of the contemporary world. He argues that global trends decades and even centuries in the making have reduced a world of logic and fact into one driven by emotions--particularly fear and anxiety. This has ushered in an age of "nervous states," both in our individual bodies and our body politic.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393635384
• ISBN13: 9780393635386
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"