The book of phobias & manias : a history of the world in 99 obsessions / Kate Summerscale.
By: Summerscale, Kate.
Publisher: London : Wellcome Collection, 2023Description: 256 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781788162821 (pbk.) :; 178816282X (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Phobias | Health and Fitness | Health and Wellbeing | History | Society & culture: general | History of ideas | Social, group or collective psychology | Psychology: emotionsDDC classification: 616.85225 Summary: 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.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Adult book | Haydock Library Adult Non-Fiction | 616.852 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400024890 | |||
| Adult book | Thatto Heath Library Adult Non-Fiction | 616.852 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400024891 |
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.