Books for the Week

[break] Nationalism and the Mind: Essays on Modern Culture

By Liah Greenfield

Rs 472

This book is a collection of articles written between 1985 to 2005. Liah Greenfeld is mostly known for her work on Nationalism, and her claim that “nationalism is the cultural foundation of modernity”. Nationalism, for Greenfeld, is a new “form of consciousness” which appeared in 16th century England and defined what came to be the dominant worldview of our times. This worldview is fundamentally secular, egalitarian, and based on the idea of popular sovereignty. Greenfeld developed this idea in her first book entitled “Nationalism Five Roads to Modernity” (Harvard University Press, 1992). Less than 10 years later, she published “The Spirit of Capitalism. Nationalism and Economic Growth” (Harvard University Press, 2001), in which, through a long study of historical records, she showed how the inner logic of nationalism was responsible for the emergence of the modern economy.

Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy

By David D Burns, MD

Rs 440

The good news is that anxiety, guilt, pessimism, procrastination, low self-esteem, and other “black holes” of depression can be cured without drugs. In Feeling Good, eminent psychiatrist, David D Burns, MD, outlines the remarkable, scientifically proven techniques that will immediately lift your spirits and help you develop a positive outlook on life. Now, in this updated edition, Dr. Burns adds an all new consumers guide to antidepressant as well as a new introduction to help answer your questions about the many options available for treating depression. Recognize what causes your mood swings, nip negative feelings in the bud, deal with guilt, handle hostility and criticism, overcome addiction to love and approval, build self-esteem and feel good everyday.

The Bell Jar

By Sylvia Plath

Rs 400

Plath was an excellent poet but is known to many for this largely autobiographical novel. The Bell Jar tells the story of a gifted young woman’s mental breakdown beginning during a summer internship as a junior editor at a magazine in New York City in the early 1950s. The real Plath committed suicide in 1963 and left behind this scathingly sad, honest and perfectly-written book, which remains one of the best-told tales of a woman’s descent into insanity.

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