{"product_id":"bright-sided-how-positive-thinking-is-undermining-america-paperback","title":"Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Barbara Ehrenreich's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eBright-sided\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmericans are a positive people -- cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: This is our reputation as well as our self-image. But more than a temperament, being positive is the key to getting success and prosperity. Or so we are told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this utterly original debunking, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the false promises of positive thinking and shows its reach into every corner of American life, from Evangelical megachurches to the medical establishment, and, worst of all, to the business community, where the refusal to consider negative outcomes--like mortgage defaults--contributed directly to the current economic disaster. With the myth-busting powers for which she is acclaimed, Ehrenreich exposes the downside of positive thinking: personal self-blame and national denial. This is Ehrenreich at her provocative best--poking holes in conventional wisdom and faux science and ending with a call for existential clarity and courage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarbara Ehrenreich \u003c\/b\u003e(1941-2022) was a bestselling author and political activist, whose more than a dozen books included \u003ci\u003eNickel and Dimed\u003c\/i\u003e, which the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003edescribed as a classic in social justice literature, \u003ci\u003e Bait and Switch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBright-sided\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Land Is Their Land\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDancing In The Streets, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood Rites\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning journalist, she frequently contributed to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. Ehrenreich was born in Butte, Montana, when it was still a bustling mining town. She studied physics at Reed College, and earned a Ph.D. in cell biology from Rockefeller University. Rather than going into laboratory work, she got involved in activism, and soon devoted herself to writing her innovative journalis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754293920032,"sku":"9780312658854","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a3390ac09a8d821a292b5337fb887e3e.webp?v=1780037229","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bright-sided-how-positive-thinking-is-undermining-america-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}