How we learned to stop having fun
Not so with the Calvinist version of Protestantism. Instead of offering relief, Calvinism provided a metaphysical framework for depression: if you felt isolated, persecuted and possibly damned, this was because you actually were.
An article looking at an apparent change in behavior ~3-400 years ago, where people moved to a much more individualistic world view. Suggesting urbanisation and a market-based economy are partially responsible for this.
Also interestingly suggests there may have been a link between a Calvinistic world view/faith and Depression/Suicide.
1 comment:
Wow, That's a fantastic read! The split between having a communal world view and an individualistic one looks far more sharp now than how I've previously viewed it. I'd be interesting in buying (OK, getting out of the library :P) that book when it comes out in New Zealand.
The ideas for the cure and the trade-off between the world views was especially fascinating.
How did you find this?
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