Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity /

Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cowan, Michael J., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Will.
Self.
Power (Philosophy)
Neurasthenia > Social aspects.
Germany > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Reimagining the will in the age of nervousness
  • Capitalism and Abulia
  • Entr'acte : willpower in the age of enterprise
  • Healing the will : popular medicine and the emergence of will therapy
  • Training the will : gymnastics and body culture
  • Educating the will : reform pedagogy and the school of rhythm
  • Mapping the will : European nervousness and American willpower in Alfred Kubin's "Die Andere Seite"
  • Afterword: Notes on the persistence of will therapy.