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Christopher Lane

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Literary & Medical Historian | DSM Examiner | Yale Press Author

Christopher Lane investigates how modern institutions define normal behavior, belief, and doubt.

His prize-winning study Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness (Yale, 2007) exposed the controversy over major changes to American psychiatry’s diagnostic manual in the 1980s and 90s, including how guesswork and faulty science, loose criteria and undisclosed conflicts of interest led to skyrocketing rates of social anxiety disorder and the creation of six other anxiety disorders that we use today for insurance billing. Translated into six languages, based on exhaustive archival research and in-depth interviews, Shyness was highly commended by the British Medical Association an ...more

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Average rating: 3.34 · 234 ratings · 49 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness 3.28 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life 3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Age of Doubt: Tracing the Roots of Our Religious Uncertainty 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Psychoanalysis of Race 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hatred and Civility: The Antisocial Life in Victorian England 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imperial Desire: Dissident Sexualities and Colonial Literature by Philip Joseph Holden, Richard J. Ruppel (Editor), Christopher Lane (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ruling Passion: British Colonial Allegory and the Paradox of Homosexual Desire 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Burdens of Intimacy: Psychoanalysis and Victorian Masculinity liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La timidez : cómo la psiquiatría y la industria farmacéutica han convertido emociones cotidianas en enfermedad really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Christopher Lane liked Carol D's review of Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life: "Really good. Loved it"
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Christopher Lane liked Ed Hirschland's review of Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life: "Most pre-millennials have heard of Norman Vincent Peale. He’s the guy who preached the power of positive thinking, a seemingly noncontroversial, benevolent idea. What virtually no one knows is how deeply Peale used religion, specifically evangelical " Read more of this review »
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Christopher Lane and 1 other person liked Rhys J.'s review of Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life: "Before reading Surge of Piety, the Norman Vincent Peale I knew was the author of the famous book The Power of Positive Thinking and an aggressive promoter of self-help through motivational messages, affirmations, and numerous publications. Lane's boo" Read more of this review »
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Christopher Lane liked Dr Deborah's review of Surge of Piety: Norman Vincent Peale and the Remaking of American Religious Life: "Insightful,Timely, and Beautifully Written. I learned a great deal from this thoughtful, impressive volume. Many of us interested in contemporary culture are trying to understand how religion came to be so front and center in American politics. How did" Read more of this review »
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Christopher Lane rated a book it was amazing Everyone Else is Lying to You: How our medical establishment weaponized doubt to spread COVID, normalize quackery, and undermine public health by Jonathan Howard MD	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Outstanding. Extremely troubling but a powerful and necessary read.
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Christopher Lane rated a book it was amazing Small Rain by Garth Greenwell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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