Abraham Myerson

Broschiertes Buch

The Nervous Housewife

Beschreibung

"One of the commonest and saddest of transformations is the change of the gay, laughing young girl, radiant with love and all aglow at the thought of union with her man, into the housewife of a decade -- complaining, fatigued, and disillusioned." So Abraham Myerson describes the "nervous housewife," the discontented woman who finds that marriage isn't all it's cracked up to be. In this book, originally published in 1920, Myerson explores the phenomenon of those who "pass through life with pains and aches of the body and soul." Myerson explains that industrialization has taken away some of the homemaker's basic tasks; that feminism has encouraged women to be taken seriously; and that divorce and the nervousness of the housewife are both manifestations of the discontent of women. Myerson also touches on topics such as the effects of monotony, the types of housewife, childbearing, and happiness. ABRAHAM MYERSON held many prestigious posts, including that of clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, and he was one of the examining psychiatrists for the Sacco-Vanzetti trial. In addition to The Nervous Housewife, Myerson also wrote Foundations of Personality, Inheritance of Mental Diseases, When Life Loses Its Zest, Psychology of Mental Disorders, Social Psychology, and Eugenical Sterilization.

Autor

American psychiatrist Abraham Myerson (1881 1948) was a well-known figure in psychology at the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in Russia and moved to the US when he was a little child together with his family. After graduating from Harvard Medical School in 1905, Myerson chose to become a psychiatric practitioner. Myerson made major contributions to our understanding of mental health over his career, concentrating on the relationship between environment and heredity in forming personality. His seminal work "The Foundations of Personality," which was released in 1922, examined the many aspects that go into a person's development as a character. Myerson thought that in order to properly diagnose and treat psychiatric disorders, a full comprehension of these influences was essential. Myerson was interested in social activism in addition to his contributions to psychiatry. He promoted mental health reforms and emphasized the significance of taking social and environmental variables into account when addressing mental health difficulties. He was a professor at Harvard Medical School, among his other academic roles. Abraham Myerson left behind a lasting legacy because the disciplines of psychology and psychiatry still cite and value his work today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cosimo Classics
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781596050426
• ISBN-10: 159605042X
• Artikelnr.: 21983788