The Book of Phobias and Manias
On sale
6th October 2022
Price: £24.99
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Audiobook Downloadable / ISBN-13: 9781800812567
Ever been struck dumb when speaking in public? You might be suffering from glossophobia. Do your book-buying habits verge on bibliomania? Do you recoil in arachnophobic horror at the sight of a spider – or twitch with nomophobia when you misplace your mobile phone?
Our fears and compulsions often feel like part of our deepest selves – yet they’re bound up in the currents of the world around us. This thrilling compendium of 99 phobias and manias, rare and familiar, delves into the obsessions that shape us all. Award-winning author Kate Summerscale takes us from the Middle Ages to the present day, using rich and riveting case studies to trace the links between the private and the public, the
personal and the political.
Our fears and compulsions often feel like part of our deepest selves – yet they’re bound up in the currents of the world around us. This thrilling compendium of 99 phobias and manias, rare and familiar, delves into the obsessions that shape us all. Award-winning author Kate Summerscale takes us from the Middle Ages to the present day, using rich and riveting case studies to trace the links between the private and the public, the
personal and the political.
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