Major depressive disorder has become the major driver of psychiatry’s social success. It is by far the most common diagnosis… Read more Review – Gary Greenberg. Manufacturing Depression: The Secret History of a Modern Disease. Simon & Shuster, 2010

In his book “Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880-1930,” Daniel Beer argues that Russian… Read more Review – Daniel Beer, Renovating Russia: The Human Sciences and the Fate of Liberal Modernity, 1880-1930. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2008

This book aims to demonstrate how, regrettably, over the last twenty years or so, typically American conceptions of mental illness… Read more Review – Ethan Watters. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche. New York: Free Press, 2010.

Passions and Tempers is a real treat. Noga Arikha has written a lucid book that provides a concise history of… Read more Review – Noga Arikha. Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours (Harper Collins 2007)