{"product_id":"twilight-of-american-sanity-a-psychiatrist-analyzes-the-age-of-trump-9780062394514","title":"Twilight of American Sanity: A Psychiatrist Analyzes the Age of Trump","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Unravel[s] the national psyche that brought our politics to this moment.\" -- Evan Osnos, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark book, from \"one of the world's most prominent psychiatrists\" (\u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e): Allen Frances analyzes the nation, viewing the rise of Donald J. Trump as darkly symptomatic of a deeper societal distress that must be understood if we are to move forward. Equally challenging and profound, \u003cem\u003eTwilight of American Sanity \u003c\/em\u003e\"joins a small shelf of essential titles--Arlie Hochschild's \u003cem\u003eStrangers in Their Own Land \u003c\/em\u003eis another--that help explain why and how the Trump presidency happened\" (\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt is comforting to see President Donald Trump as a crazy man, a one-off, an exception--not a reflection on us or our democracy. But in ways I never anticipated, his rise was absolutely predictable and a mirror on our soul. ... What does it say about us, that we elected someone so manifestly unfit and unprepared to determine mankind's future? Trump is a symptom of a world in distress, not its sole cause. Blaming him for all our troubles misses the deeper, underlying societal sickness that made possible his unlikely ascent. Calling Trump crazy allows us to avoid confronting the craziness in our society--if we want to get sane, we must first gain insight about ourselves. Simply put: Trump isn't crazy, but our society is.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003c\/em\u003efrom \u003cem\u003eTWILIGHT OF AMERICAN SANITY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than three years in the making: the world's leading expert on psychiatric diagnosis, past leader of the American Psychiatric Association's \u003cem\u003eDSM\u003c\/em\u003e (\"the bible of psychology\"), and author of the influential international bestseller on the medicalization of ordinary life, \u003cem\u003eSaving Normal, \u003c\/em\u003e draws upon his vast experience to deliver a powerful critique of modern American society's collective slide away from sanity and offers an urgently needed prescription for reclaiming our bearings. Widely cited in recent months as the man who quite literally wrote the diagnostic criteria for narcissism, Allen Frances, M.D., has been at the center of the debate surrounding President Trump's mental state--quoted in Evan Osnos's May 2017 \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e article (\"How Trump Could Get Fired\") and publishing a much-shared opinion letter in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e (\"An Eminent Psychiatrist Demurs on Trump's Mental State\"). Frances argues that Trump is \"bad, not mad\"--and that the real question to wrestle with is how we as a country could have chosen him as our leader. \u003cem\u003eTwilight of American Sanity\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential work for understanding our national crisis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrances, Allen:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAllen Frances, MD, is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Frances was the chairman of the \u003cem\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/em\u003e Task Force and a member of the leadership group for \u003cem\u003eDSM-III\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDSM-III-R.\u003c\/em\u003e He is the author of the award-winning international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSaving Normal\u003c\/em\u003e and the reference work \u003cem\u003eEssentials of Psychiatric Diagnosis.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in San Diego, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491465957650,"sku":"9780062394514","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_911fdf0a-79a8-47fa-a6b9-afd437836c95.jpg?v=1730541234","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/twilight-of-american-sanity-a-psychiatrist-analyzes-the-age-of-trump-9780062394514","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}