Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Book by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realismAmericans are a "positive" people—cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our... Google Books
Originally published: October 13, 2009
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
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A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism. Americans are a "positive" ...
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This is a forensic diagnosis of why boundless positive thinking turns our minds to mush, deracinates managers, and helps make us willing believers in economic ...
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Oct 9, 2009 · Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America,” the new book by Barbara Ehrenreich, is based on her ...
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But more than a temperament, being positive, we are told, is the key to success and prosperity. In this utterly original take on the American frame of mind, ...
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Posted: Aug 2, 2012
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Nov 5, 2009 · BRIGHT-SIDED. How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America. By Barbara Ehrenreich. 235 pp. Metropolitan Books/Henry ...
Oct 13, 2009 · In her new book, Bright-Sided, Ehrenreich explores the negative effects of positive thinking, and the "reckless optimism" that dominates ...
In Bright-sided, Barbara Ehrenreich reveals how the positive thinking movement, though seemingly harmless, has in fact deluded America and played a role in ...
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Barbara Ehrenreich's New York Times bestselling Bright-sided is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking.