Neurosis and the Historic Quest for Security: A Social-Role Analysis
Jeff Mitchell

Among the most popular appellations for the twentieth century--particularly for the postmodern portion of it after World War II--have been titles such as "The Age of Anxiety," or "The Age of Uncertainty," and the like. These epithets variously express the view shared by many Western intellectuals that the contemporary era is psychologically and/or spiritually more unsettled than times past. It has repeatedly been speculated that modern individuals are, on the whole, more neurotic than their ancestors. Usually such judgments have not been based on statistical comparisons, but represent instead the issue of reflection upon the broad range of social phenomena generally observable by laypeople.

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