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Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity
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Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity

Author: Michael J Cowan
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : English
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Michael J Cowan
ISBN: 9780271032061 0271032065
OCLC Number: 173299072
Description: ix, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Reimagining the will in the age of nervousness -- Capitalism and Abulia -- Entr'acte : willpower in the age of enterprise -- Healing the will : popular medicine and the emergence of will therapy -- Training the will : gymnastics and body culture -- Educating the will : reform pedagogy and the school of rhythm -- Mapping the will : European nervousness and American willpower in Alfred Kubin's "Die Andere Seite" -- Afterword: Notes on the persistence of will therapy.
Responsibility: Michael Cowan.

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