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Capitalism and Mental Illness: An Investigation of How Our Culture Makes Us Sick
Description
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between mental illness and capitalist consumer society. Many Americans are suffering from mental illness and there has to be something causing it besides a chemical imbalance in the brain. A capitalist society creates a set of expectations that conflict with human desires. The thesis takes a historical, economical, and psychological approach to answering the following question: Does a capitalist society make its citizens mentally sick? A brief history of capitalism over the past century is discussed, as well as a more in depth look at capitalism and the creation of neoliberalism during the 1980s. The psychological effects capitalism has on human beings is discussed for the majority of the thesis and focuses on ideas from the 1950s as well as the early 2000s. To show the effect capitalism has on modern day society, an analysis of a psychopharmaceutical drug commercial is given. The concluding thoughts attempt to offer solutions to the problems of human unhappiness in a consumer culture.
Date Created
2014-05
Contributors
- Serki, Aisling Erin (Author)
- Gruber, Diane (Thesis director)
- Ramsey, Ramsey Eric (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (Contributor)
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43 pages
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Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Academic Year 2013-2014
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.22806
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minimal
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