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Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American Dream

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Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets the American DreamIn a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity? Binding Type: Paperback Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company


In a brilliant diagnosis of our reactions to self-improvement technologies, Carl Elliott asks questions that illuminate deep currents in the American character: Why do we feel uneasy about these drugs, procedures, and therapies even while we embrace them? Where do we draw the line between self and society? Why do we seek self-realization in ways so heavily influenced by cultural conformity?

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/17/2004
ISBN: 9780393325652
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d
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