Damaged Life

What are the psychological problems caused by modernization? How can we minimize its negative effects?Modernization has brought many material benefits to us, yet we are constantly told how unhappy ...

What are the psychological problems caused by modernization? How can we minimize its negative effects?Modernization has brought many material benefits to us, yet we are constantly told how unhappy we are: crime, divorce, suicide, depression and anxiety are rampant. How can this contradiction be reconciled?Damaged Life, originally published in 1996, presents a powerful and progressive analysis of modernity’s impact on the psyche. Tod Sloan develops an integrated theory of the self in society by combining perspectives on personality development and socio-historical processes to explore our compl