The Great Decline

""Unearths the biological and social roots of the deep malaise in which individuals in Western societies are currently immersed (…) based on a well-supported argument that draws on all fields of knowledge, starting with biology, neuroscience and epigenetics."" Politique étrangère ""Essential reading for anyone interested in making better sense of our ‘age of fear and rage’ and understanding where to start for moving beyond it.” Charles Masquelier, University of Exeter ""Treading the line between impassioned polemic and unusual psychosociological analysis, The Great Decline tells you how, in very literal ways, neoliberalism messes with your mind. You should buy this book – preferably from your local brain-calming bookstore."" David Inglis, University of Helsinki “A wonderfully accessible and convincing analysis of the extended period of instability and insecurity that we are living through, and its impact on individuals, communities and political and environmental sustainability.” Gayle Letherby, University of Plymouth “John Bone is an exciting scholar who seeks to return sociology to some of its earlier concerns with sociobiology but to apply these ideas to a fascinating diagnosis of the modern condition.” John D. Brewer, Queen's University Belfast “Full of interesting new ideas, and apposite insights.” Danny Dorling, University of Oxford ""A provocative and thought-provoking book, Bone develops new vocabularies for theorizing the multifaceted and chaotic state of neoliberal capitalist disorder."" Christopher Thorpe, University of Exeter