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Bright-sided : how the relentless promotion of positive thinking has undermined America / Barbara Ehrenreich.

By: Ehrenreich, Barbara.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2009Edition: 1st ed.Description: 235 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780805087499 (trade); 0805087494.Subject(s): Optimism -- United States | Happiness -- United States | Self-confidence -- United States | Success in business -- United States | Optimism | Happiness | Self-confidence | Success in businessDDC classification: 155.2/32
Contents:
Smile or die : the bright side of cancer -- The years of magical thinking -- The dark roots of American optimism -- Motivating business and the business of motivation -- God wants you to be rich -- Positive psychology : the science of happiness -- How positive thinking wrecked the economy -- Postscript on post-positive thinking.
Summary: Explores the downsides of the positive thinking mentality that is found in the business community, megachurches, and even in the medical profession, maintaining that this type of thinking only leads to frustration, guilt, and denial.
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Explores the downsides of the positive thinking mentality that is found in the business community, megachurches, and even in the medical profession, maintaining that this type of thinking only leads to frustration, guilt, and denial.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-223) and index.

Smile or die : the bright side of cancer -- The years of magical thinking -- The dark roots of American optimism -- Motivating business and the business of motivation -- God wants you to be rich -- Positive psychology : the science of happiness -- How positive thinking wrecked the economy -- Postscript on post-positive thinking.

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