Late Modern Subjectivity and its Discontents

Kieran Keohane, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Sociology and Philosophy, University College Cork, Ireland.Anders Petersen, Associate Professor of Sociology at Aalborg University, Denmark.Bert van den Bergh, PhD candidate at the Faculty of Philosophy of Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

'This book is a much welcome contribution to the study of contemporary social pathologies. Based on analyses of late modern subjectivity, the authors present original and thought-provoking cultural readings of anxiety, depression and Alzheimer’s disease. The book will challenge every reader to think anew about these phenomena.' - Svend Brinkmann, University of Aalborg, Denmark'This fantastic collections of essays takes seriously Freud's observation that malaise in civilization affects malaise of the individuals. The authors show how neoliberal society today contributes to people's psychological and physical suffering. In a groundbreaking way, they link the rise of anxiety, depression and Alzheimer's disease to social changes that we are experiencing in today's capitalism. For anyone wanting to understand why people are suffering so much in the developed world, these essays are essential read!' - Renata Salecl, Birkbeck, University of London, U.K

• Notes on contributors Preface1. Introduction to a Series2. Modern Subjectivity / Postmodern Subjectivity (Dany-Robert Dufour)3. Return to an Age of Anxiety – The Embedding of a Late Modern Social Pathology4. Sadean Depression and the Work of Culture5. Alzheimer’s Disease: a Social Pathology of Contemporary Civilization6. A Research ProspectiveIndex