EAN: 9780231200356

UNNERVED - ANXIETY SOCIAL CHANGE AND THE TRANSF...

In Unnerved  Jason Schnittker investigates the social  cultural  medical  and scientific
underpinnings of the modern mental state. He explores how anxiety has been understood from the
late nineteenth century to the present day and why it has assumed a more central position in
how we think about mental health. Contrary to the claims that anxiety reflects large-scale
traumas  abrupt social transitions  or technological revolutions  Schnittker argues that the
ascent of anxiety has been driven by slow transformations in people  institutions  and social
environments. Changes in family formation  religion  inequality  and social relationships have
all primed people to be more anxious. At the same time  the scientific and medical
understanding of anxiety has evolved  pushing it further to the fore. The rise in anxiety
cannot be explained separately from changes in how patients  physicians  and scientists
understand the disorder. Ultimately  Schnittker demonstrates that anxiety has carried the
imprint of social change more acutely than have other emotions or disorders  including
depression. When societies change  anxiety follows.

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