Main description:

Out of Control: How Obsessionality Drives American Political Division examines the role of obsessional behavior in the culture wars that are currently consuming America. The text reviews the clinical features of obsessionality, and traces its roots to an ill-conceived will for the power and control. As moral perfectionism is the goal of the obsessional, the text explores the persistent effects of the Judaeo-Christian religion on modern secular ideals. It provides the psychological basis for understanding the difference between what the social commentator Thomas Sowell has referred to as "two visions" for America's future, one unconstrained and expressed in Progressive ideology, the other constrained, and expressed in conservative ideas. The book explains how feminism, identity politics, and social media, have all contributed to fostering the current obsessional "politically correct" society that risks avoiding existential threats to American society.

Contents:

Chapter 1: In the Beginning was the Thought

Chapter 2: Obsession and Ritual in the Ancient World

Chapter 3: Obsession and Compulsion and the Judaeo-Christian Ethos

Chapter 4: Obsessive-Compulsion as Mental Disorder: Psychoanalysis and the Discontents of Civilization

Chapter 5: Modern Approaches to Obsessive Compulsion: Less Talk/More Action

Chapter 6: Obsessive-Compulsiveness as Addiction: Running with the Workaholics

Chapter 7: The Internet and Political Correctness

Chapter 8: Seeking Perfection: Seduction and Rejection in the World of Internet Dating or How to Find a Virtual mate

Chapter 9: Where on Earth is this All Going? Stop the World, I want to Get Off