Depression, once a subfield of neurosis, has become the most diagnosed mental disorder in the world. Why and how has depression become such a topical illness and what does it tell us about changing ideas of the individual and society? Alain Ehrenberg investigates the history of depression and depres[...]

Oversat fra fransk af Peer F. Bundgaard

Forord af den tyske sociolog og filosof Axel Honneth

Introduktion af Anders Petersen, sociolog, adjunkt ved Aalborg Universitet

Depression er modstykket til den energi, det kræver at være sig selv i et samfund, præget [...]