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Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney
$24.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
As heard on BBC Radio 4 Woman's HourA Blackwell's and Waterstones Best Popular Science Book of 2022 'Excellent ... one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently' The Daily Telegraph ***** 'Riveting' Mail on Sunday ***** 'Captivating' Guardian, Book of the Day 'Com ...Show more
Am I Normal?: The 200-Year Search for Normal People (and Why They Don't Exist) by Sarah Chaney
$34.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
A deep dive into the strange science of the 'Normal', and the origins of an anxiety-ridden modern obsession.Before the nineteenth century, the term normal was rarely ever associated with human behaviour. Normal was a term used in maths, for right angles. People weren't normal; triangles were. But from t ...Show more
Psyche on the Skin: A History of Self-Harm by Sarah Chaney
$49.99 AUD
Category: Psychology
Self-harm is thought by many to be a modern epidemic: a phenomenon of the late twentieth century, a symptom of extreme emotional turmoil in young people, particularly young women. Yet it was 150 years ago, within early asylum psychiatry, that self-mutilation was first codified as a category of behaviour ...Show more
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