Cult of the will : nervousness and German modernity /
Cowan, Michael J.,1971-
University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-336) and index.
Introduction: Reimagining the will in the age of nervousness -- Capitalism and Abulia -- Entr'acte : willpower in the age of enterprise -- Healing the will : popular medicine and the emergence of will therapy -- Training the will : gymnastics and body culture -- Educating the will : reform pedagogy and the school of rhythm -- Mapping the will : European nervousness and American willpower in Alfred Kubin's "Die Andere Seite" -- Afterword: Notes on the persistence of will therapy.
Will.
Self.
Power (Philosophy)
Neurasthenia